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June 25, 2011 1 Volume 5 j No. 12 Zoning Bulletin <br />other than a cardholder's residence." Essentially, the ordinance would <br />"treat medical marijuana as a home occupation," requiring a business <br />license. The proposed ordinance would also ban medical marijuana <br />dispensaries from the city, and prohibit the sale of marijuana from <br />storefronts or other businesses. <br />Source: South Bend Tribune; www.southbendtribune.com <br />MASSACHUSE 1"1'S <br />The state senate is considering Senate Bill 1019, the Compre- <br />hensive Land Use Reform and Partnership Act ("CLURPA"). The <br />bill reportedly would "overhaul Chapter 40-A, the zoning enabling <br />statute, which is essentially the set of rules that dictate how and <br />what gets built on land in the Commonwealth." <br />Source: Boston Globe; www.boston.com <br />NEW YORK <br />Recently proposed state legislation, S. 3472, seeks to "empower <br />local governments and allow them to regulate natural gas drilling <br />through local planning and zoning." Reportedly, "[u]nder the leg- <br />islation, local governments would be given clear authority to enact <br />and enforce local zoning ordinances or laws governing oil, gas, and <br />other solution mining development." <br />Source: WKTV; www.wktv.com - <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />The state House Local Government Committee has "shelved" <br />proposed legislation that "would have dispensed of existing law re- <br />quiring government entities to advertise public notices in [newspa- <br />pers]" and instead required online notification. <br />Source: Williamsport Sun -Gazette; www.sungazette.com <br />The state senate is considering a bill, Senate Bill 898, that would <br />reportedly "grant preemption to quarries from all local ordinanc- <br />es." Reportedly, although the bill would "not exempt applications <br />from quarry operators from complying with zoning," it provides <br />that "all local ordinances and enactments purporting to regulate <br />surface mining are hereby superceded" and proposes that it "shall <br />apply to any subdivision and land development plan pending on or <br />after the effective date of this section." <br />Source: The Mercury; http://bottsmerc.com <br />12 © 2011 Thomson Reuters <br />