[Neighbors] Zoning request for cannabis consumption area at 3417 Central Ave NE

Tue Jan 24 17:33:03 MST 2023

The Albuquerque City Council  voted last Apri 5 o allow cannabis consumption lounges. The prohibition on consumption in public doesn’t apply, as the wording indicates, to private spaces, such as businesses with consumption lounges.

The vote was covered in local media, for instance: https://www.krqe.com/news/marijuana/albuquerque-city-council-approves-indoor-smoking-lounges/

The first lounge in the state opened last April in Las Cruces: https://kvia.com/news/2022/04/16/first-new-mexico-cannabis-lounge-opens-in-las-cruces/

Peter Katel
New Mexico Certified Court Interpreter
Certified, American Translators Association, Spanish-to-English translation
Albuquerque, NM
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> On Jan 24, 2023, at 4:33 PM, Karen Mendenhall via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
> 
> Quick look at Cannabis Reg says adult may purchase and may possess up to 2 oz of weed but cannot smoke it in public.  So the question is whether a smoking lounge in an established cannabis retailer is “in public.”  I didn’t see anything in my very limited research that addresses that.  
> 
> Karen S. Mendenhall 
> ABQkaren at gmail.com
> 505.280.2097
> 
> "The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice.”  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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>> On Jan 24, 2023, at 4:19 PM, Karen Mendenhall <abqkaren at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> What is the law for adult recreational cannabis in NM?   I understood that on site use is not part of the NM rec law.  Can anyone clarify?  
>> 
>> Thanks. Karen. 
>> 
>> Karen S. Mendenhall 
>> ABQkaren at gmail.com
>> 505.280.2097
>> 
>> "The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice.”  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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>>> On Jan 24, 2023, at 12:08 PM, Greg Weirs via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Hi Ashley,
>>> No, I can’t. If I had to guess, maybe the zoning person didn’t read through the application? I put all the information I have in the initial post, including the confusion about what the request is for. I think that will be the first question at the meeting.
>>> Greg
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>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:47 AM Ashley via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
>>>> Greg,
>>>> 
>>>> Can you clarify? From what was sent it seems that it says both that they are requesting permission for consumption AND conditional use to allow cannabis retail within 600 feet of another cannabis retail. Is that the case?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ashley
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:34 MARK CLEVELAND via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
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>>>>> I should clarify: I don’t “approve”—that’s not our role (I’m in work mode!); I have no objections to this proposal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2023, at 11:17 AM, MARK CLEVELAND <abqcleve at comcast.net <mailto:abqcleve at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My understanding is this business already exists and has appropriate licenses and approvals for sale; all they want is new permission for on-prem consumption, like a hookah lounge. If so, I approve.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2023, at 10:18 AM, Lisa Lopez via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The limitations of cannabis business were set up for a reason.  I do not think adding more in the Nob Hill area is a good idea.  
>>>>>>> I am not able to attend the meeting but I do hope my wishes are made known as being against this. 
>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>> Lisa Lopez
>>>>>>> 505-573-1268
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 1:32 AM Greg Weirs via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Neighbors,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> There will be a public meeting to learn about a Cannabis business at 3417 Central Ave and their zoning request. The virtual meeting will be at 6:00pm on Thursday, Jan 26th. Here is the Google Meet information: 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Meeting link
>>>>>>>> meet.google.com/ysg-oqvx-spx <https://meet.google.com/ysg-oqvx-spx?hs=224>
>>>>>>>> Join by phone
>>>>>>>> (US) +1 301-969-4983 <tel:+1-301-969-4983%3B226725752%23> 
>>>>>>>> PIN: 226725752
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The NHNA will use the feedback at the meeting as the basis for a position on the zoning request.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In particular, their request is for a "conditional use to operate an on-site cannabis consumption area on the premises of a licensed and permitted cannabis retail establishment." (This is from their application, attached.) In the correspondence to set up the meeting, the city states:  "The applicant is requesting a conditional use to allow cannabis retail within 600 feet of another cannabis retail." We hope to clarify these statements at the meeting.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Greg Weirs
>>>>>>>> Urban Planning Committee
>>>>>>>> 
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