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July 10, 2012 1 Volume 6 l No. 13 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />500 acres owned by the Commonwealth or by the federal government, and <br />when the proposed change affects only a portion of the larger tract, notice <br />need be given only to the owners of those properties that are adjacent to the af- <br />fected area of the larger tract. <br />Source: Augusta Free Press; htty://au2ustafreevress.com <br />WASHINGTON <br />Pasco City Council have voted to end a moratorium on collective medical <br />marijuana gardens and amend Pasco's zoning code to prohibit anything that <br />violates local, state and federal law. Accordingly, now prohibited is the issu- <br />ing of a building permit or business license for a collective medical marijuana <br />garden, where authorized patients would grow cannabis plants together. <br />Source: The News Tribune; www.thenewstribune.com <br />WEST VIRGINIA <br />The Morgantown City Council unanimously passed the first reading of zon- <br />ing ordinances that will limit extraction activities only to industrialized zones <br />that meet certain requirements. The ordinanceis an effort to regulate extrac- <br />tive industries such as drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale. Under <br />the proposed ordinance, extractive drilling would be allowed in six industrial <br />districts in the city, but only if the site is: 625 feet from any residential areas, <br />schools, day care facilities, hospitals, churches or parks; 100 feet from the <br />floodplain; 1,000 feet from the public water supply intake; and 1,000 feet from <br />the floodplain of the Monongahela River south or upstream of the Morgantown <br />Lock and Dam. <br />Source: The State Journal; www.stateiournal.com <br />12 ©2012 Thomson Reuters <br />