Victoria city council is taking a sober second look at the space between Cannabis Dispensary shops.
Right now the bylaw stands at 200 metres but 2 councilors want that moved up to 400 metres, more in line with provincial regulations for liquor stores.
Charlayne Thornton-Joe is proposing the change along with Councillor Margaret Lucas. "We were surprised by how many applications we received and in downtown alone you could see that there was going to be quite a few I think it was up to 30 dispensaries if it was up to 200 metres apart."
The proposed change would reset the expectation from 200 to 400 metres as council goes through the business license application approval process.
So far only two Dispensaries in Victoria have been issued a business license.
The move is not necessarily to reduce the number of dispensaries in the city but to prevent so-called "pot-blocks" from forming.