By Initiative Petition 11-11 (Question #3 on the November 6,
2012 ballot) the voters of the Commonwealth approved a law regulating
the cultivation, distribution, possession, and use of marijuana for
MEDICAL PURPOSES.
Provide for the location/placement of Registered Marijuana Dispensary(ies), in accordance with the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana Act, G.L. c. 94C, App. §
1-1, et seq., in locations determined suitable for lawful medical marijuana
facilities and to minimize adverse impacts of Registered Marijuana
Dispensary(s) on adjacent properties, residential neighborhoods, historic
districts, churches and religious facilities, schools, playgrounds,
ball fields, recreation areas, and other areas where minors congregate
by regulating the siting, design, placement, security, and removal
of Registered Marijuana Dispensary(s).
No use shall be allowed in the MMOD which creates a nuisance
to abutters or to the surrounding area, or which creates any hazard,
including but not limited to, fire, explosion, fumes, gas, smoke,
odors, obnoxious dust, vapors, offensive noise or vibration, flashes,
glare, objectionable effluent or electrical interference, which impairs
the normal use and peaceful enjoyment of any property, structure,
or dwelling in the area.