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Potential cannabis retailers will have to pay higher than normal fees just to submit a rezoning application.
Planning staff are suggesting prospective retailers pay a $9,495 fee for the retail cannabis sales subzone. That would go up to $9,685 in 2019.
The initial rezoning fee is nearly three times what the city charges for a comprehensive development zone application ($3,380).
The higher-than-normal fees are not a surprise.
"There has been a lot of staff time to set this up and do reviews on this model. Having staff become familiar with the federal and provincial legislation, and legal time shutting down the illegal dispensaries that have been out there," planning manager Ryan Smith said when initially discussing the fees a month ago.
The city will begin accepting applications for the retail cannabis sales subzone Oct. 1.
Rezoning application fees are non-refundable, and are over and above the cost of a business licence, which is also expected to be higher than those for other businesses.
