The verbiage in the recent ordinance 727, the one to prohibit medical marijuana shops from opening in Poway, had some encouraging words.
Before I get into that, this post will NOT be about whether or not MJ dispensaries should be allowed in Poway.
Ok, the verbiage, and I quote, says "The City of Poway has an overriding interest in planning and regulating development of all uses of property within the City. Implicit in any plan or regulation is the City's interest in maintaining and improving the quality of life and the character of the City's neighborhoods. Without stable, well-planned neighborhoods, areas of the City can quickly deteriorate, with detrimental consequences to social, environmental, and economic values. It is the intent of the City Council to assure that all neighborhoods remain well-planned and that residents maintain a high quality of life." (bold and italics mine).
These are the words that the City is using to prohibit dispensaries, that they would lower our neighborhood quality of life.
Yet the City had no qualms about putting a girls softball field into the middle of a residential neighborhood, I'm not sure how that improved the neighbors quality of life? Or putting in a super box store in the middle of a neighborhood. Or lighting up existing sports fields when initially the City said they wouldn't be lit up, probably to quiet the neighbors opposition down.
Or, in my case, putting in a paint and body shop 50 yds from residential backyards! I guess it's the position of the City that a noisy body shop and a VOC emitting paint shop will IMPROVE the quality of life to those who live next to it.
Right...This is IMPROVING our quality of life...What a bunch of BS...
