Niehaus said a Tempe police study of crime committed within a quarter mile of marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites, pharmacies and liquor stores found that more crimes were reported near pharmacies and liquor stores. The police department also didn’t find a connection between dispensary locations and crime in the surrounding area, city documents show. Tempe police said it did not have any concerns with the request as it has not received significant calls to dispensaries, according to city documents. Harvest Health’s dispensaries have 24-hour surveillance, secured entrances and well-lit facilities, she said. Niehaus said extended hours are not expected to impact public safety. The change, if approved, will apply to all dispensaries, not just those operated by Harvest Health. Harvest Health operates 10 dispensaries statewide and plans to request similar changes in Avondale, Guadalupe, Lake Havasu City, Casa Grande and Cottonwood, she said.
Niehaus said the company is targeting cities where it has dispensaries. The proposal will go to council sometime after that, she said. Located just west of Chandler AZ in Tempe Arizona, Harvest of Tempe is a safe medical marjuana dispensary with experts in pain relief and MMJ card renewals. Residents and business owners can weigh in on the change at two open houses in March, Niehaus said. In Scottsdale, Harvest Health has filed a request to amend the city code. SCOTTSDALE: Downtown dispensary plan halted, but inquiry, lawsuit may loom Harvests goal is to create a medical marijuana dispensary experience where safety, education, and convenience are paramount. The city in 2015 extended the closing time from 6 p.m. It will be the second time Tempe considers extending dispensary hours since first approving its medical marijuana ordinance in 2010. The Tempe and Scottsdale city councils would need to amend zoning and development codes to extend operating hours. though Harvest Health was granted a variance that allows them to stay open later. under the Arizona Administrative Code, although it's up to the discretion of municipalities.Ĭurrently, dispensary operating hours across the Valley are: Lauren Niehaus, lobbying Scottsdale and Tempe for Harvest Health, said later operating hours will help keep shoppers and sales tax revenue in those cities, "rather than customers driving to other cities to take advantage of those later hours.” Pushing later hours statewideĭispensaries can stay open until 10 p.m. Phoenix, Chandler and Glendale already allow dispensaries to stay open until 10 p.m. Harvest Health and Recreation, a Tempe-based dispensary, has requested that Tempe and Scottsdale allow dispensaries to stay open until 10 p.m.ĭispensaries currently must close by 7 p.m. Medical marijuana cardholders could soon shop for pot later at night in two Valley cities.
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