State Liquor Control Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nSo far, three applicants have applied to open recreational marijuana retail stores in Kent, according to a list posted Tuesday on the liquor board website. The list includes the following proposed business names and addresses for Kent retail outlets:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hong Mart Smoke Plus: 23635 104th Ave. S.E.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Odyssey Smoke Shop Inc.: 23254 Military Road S.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Weedsdom: 7641 S. 259th St. Suite 101<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The list also includes an applicant who wants to open a producer and processing plant named Organiccare, but the listing appears to have a typo in the address which is listed as 20521 12St Way S.E.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The City Council voted 4-3 on Nov. 19 to approve a six-month moratorium to keep marijuana businesses out of Kent. The council majority opposes marijuana businesses because the drug is illegal under federal law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Voters statewide approved Initiative 502 in November 2012 to allow recreational marijuana producers, processors and retailers. The liquor board started taking applications Nov. 18 for a 30-day period for those who want to operate the new businesses.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The liquor board plans to update the application list each Tuesday during the 30-day window.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The city of Kent would be allowed as many as three recreational marijuana retail stores under rules passed by the liquor board. But since the city<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
bans recreational marijuana stores as well as production or processing facilities, if someone came to the city for a permit to operate a marijuana retail shop, the city would deny the permit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Applicants could choose to file a lawsuit against the city in an attempt to allow the business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Pat Fitzpatrick, acting city attorney, recommended the council pass a moratorium to clearly define the city’s ban.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Liquor board staff will investigate each application before approving a license. An investigator will look at numerous documents including operating plans, floor plans, personal\/criminal history statement, fingerprint cards, copy of approved identification, business structure forms, lease information, purchase agreements, financial\/source of funds statement, copy of bank statements and\/or tax returns and affidavits.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Businesses also must be at 1,000 feet from schools, playgrounds, recreational centers, child care centers, public parks, public transit centers and libraries.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To see the marijuana business applicant list, go to http:\/\/www.liq.wa.gov\/records\/frequently-requested-lists <\/a>and select Marijuana License Applicants.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Kent’s six-month ban against recreational marijuana businesses hasn’t stopped people from applying for retail store licenses from the State Liquor Control Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}