10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 1, 2016
B UFFER
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“It’s nice to get new business-
es here, but I feel really strongly
that we should kind of look at
locating them in the outlying
areas,” Darlene Burback said.
“We have a wonderful industrial
park area, and there are other lo-
cations.”
Many of the facility’s neigh-
bors also attended the Council’s
May 23 meeting to express their
desire for marijuana-free “buffer
zones,” with Pattingale leading
the way. Resident Kyle Miranda
echoed that sentiment.
“We’re trying to make our
schools safer, but what about all
the other areas?” Miranda said,
adding that, “family atmosphere
is part of what makes this town
so special.”
“We don’t have to let them
go wherever they want,” Sherry
Adams said of marijuana busi-
nesses. “This is future shock.
Our culture has gotten ahead of
our laws. We could have new
zoning codes around parks. You
have the power to do that.”
Mayor Tom Munroe quickly
responded, however, that the
City of Cottage Grove is bound
by state law that dictates much
about the operation of marijua-
na-related businesses. Medical
marijuana dispensaries, which
are overseen by the Oregon
Health Authority, began pop-
ping up in Cottage Grove in
2014, and there are currently
four such licensed dispensaries
in Cottage Grove. Under state
law, dispensaries may not be
located less than 1000 feet from
each other and cannot be locat-
ed within 1000 feet of a school.
These dispensaries are also tem-
porarily allowed to sell recre-
ational marijuana, though many
have also applied to become
retail outlets with the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission,
which oversees recreational re-
tail sales. Measure 91, which
legalized recreational consump-
tion and possession, specifi es
that recreational retail outlets
not be located within 1000 feet
of a school, though it does not
regulate locations near parks,
and it may be largely up to local
municipalities to enact stricter
codes restricting the location
of recreational facilities if they
choose to do so.
City Planner Ferguson recent-
ly told the Sentinel that as long
as a potential business fi ts the
zoning for its location, the City
would not be able to object. She
said the City treats the growing
of marijuana as light horticul-
ture similar to any other plant
that may be grown.
At its most recent meeting,
the Council also voted to place
a three-percent tax on recre-
ational marijuana purchases on
the November ballot.
“We tend to go to the Wild
West a bit on marijuana, but
I hope we don’t in this case,”
Karen Munsell said. “It’s a
new thing. There could be ben-
efi ts, but I feel strongly that this
should be decided by the vot-
ers.”
Councilor Garland Burback
said that buffer zones would be
“a good idea to discuss.” City
Manager Richard Meyers re-
minded the crowd that, should
buffer zones be enacted with
city code, marijuana businesses
that are already located in the
zones would be “grandfathered
in” and thus exempt from exclu-
sion there in the future.
City Councilor Jake Boone,
who opposes the tax on recre-
ational marijuana and has op-
posed other regulatory efforts,
said that he would “like to see
data to see if buffer zones do
anything useful.”
“They appear to do nothing,”
Boone said. “In theory, these
businesses are not doing busi-
ness out in the front yard, and
whether the nondescript build-
ing across from the park is pro-
cessing marijuana or knitting
socks, its effect on the children
is exactly the same.”
Still, Connelly promised the
Council a report on what other
communities in Oregon have de-
cided with regard to buffer zones
and whether Cottage Grove can
pursue similar tactics.
Additional tips to protect
young plants include: rotating
chickens through different ar-
eas of the yard, placing stones
around plant bases or creating
tepee-like structures over young
plants.
Natural weed and insect
control
In addition to fertilizer and
soil aeration, chickens can help
control weeds and insects in
your garden and lawn.
LORANE
COUNTRY
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BY LIL THOMPSON
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“Chickens love a lot of the
things that gardeners do not
– like weeds and insects,” Biggs
says. “They forage for seeds
and bugs, eat small plants and
clean up fallen fruit and green
leaves.”
Since chickens love many
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his is a very busy
week full of events.
Tonight, Wednesday, June 1 is
Crow Middle/High School se-
nior recognition night at 7 p.m.
in the gym.
On Thursday, June 2, Lorane
Grange meets for its monthly
meeting. Grangers will discuss
plans for their Lane County
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annuals, vines, edible plants and
ground cover.
“Well-planned plantings can
provide soil stability and help
fi lter rainwater runoff,” he says.
Considerations for cover
plants are butterfl y bushes,
which grow fast, provide shade
and are not eaten by chickens;
and hawthorne, which has edible
berries and leaves that chickens
tend to avoid.
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Consistency is important for
chickens allowed to free-range
in the garden. Training birds
to know specifi c cues will help
them return to the coop at night
or during storms and maintain a
balanced diet.
Biggs emphasizes the impor-
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Everyone come out on June
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yard, where it was planted and
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