![]() ![]() You come in and it's like they're trying to just rush you out the door with their BS fake greetings that are completely ingenuine, then you get to the counter. For the 60 reported crimes in the area surrounding dispensaries, there were 827 crimes reported near liquor stores and 990 crimes reported near pharmacies, she said. Harvest of Tempe Dispensary on 710 W Elliot Rd I'm not saying there aren't good employees but there's a good fair share of bad employees that make it genuinely uncomfortable to shop here. Niehaus said a Tempe police study of crime committed within a quarter mile of marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites, pharmacies and liquor stores found that more crimes were reported near pharmacies and liquor stores. The police department also didn’t find a connection between dispensary locations and crime in the surrounding area, city documents show. Tempe police said it did not have any concerns with the request as it has not received significant calls to dispensaries, according to city documents. Harvest Health’s dispensaries have 24-hour surveillance, secured entrances and well-lit facilities, she said. Niehaus said extended hours are not expected to impact public safety. The change, if approved, will apply to all dispensaries, not just those operated by Harvest Health. Harvest Health operates 10 dispensaries statewide and plans to request similar changes in Avondale, Guadalupe, Lake Havasu City, Casa Grande and Cottonwood, she said. Niehaus said the company is targeting cities where it has dispensaries. The proposal will go to council sometime after that, she said. Residents and business owners can weigh in on the change at two open houses in March, Niehaus said. ![]() In Scottsdale, Harvest Health has filed a request to amend the city code. SCOTTSDALE: Downtown dispensary plan halted, but inquiry, lawsuit may loom The city in 2015 extended the closing time from 6 p.m. ![]() It will be the second time Tempe considers extending dispensary hours since first approving its medical marijuana ordinance in 2010. Food Forest The Tempe campus landscape is a diverse collection of plants from around the world that includes citrus, olive, pecan, sapote, apple, peach. The Tempe and Scottsdale city councils would need to amend zoning and development codes to extend operating hours. though Harvest Health was granted a variance that allows them to stay open later. under the Arizona Administrative Code, although it's up to the discretion of municipalities.Ĭurrently, dispensary operating hours across the Valley are: Lauren Niehaus, lobbying Scottsdale and Tempe for Harvest Health, said later operating hours will help keep shoppers and sales tax revenue in those cities, "rather than customers driving to other cities to take advantage of those later hours.” Pushing later hours statewideĭispensaries can stay open until 10 p.m. Phoenix, Chandler and Glendale already allow dispensaries to stay open until 10 p.m. Harvest Health and Recreation, a Tempe-based dispensary, has requested that Tempe and Scottsdale allow dispensaries to stay open until 10 p.m.ĭispensaries currently must close by 7 p.m. Medical marijuana cardholders could soon shop for pot later at night in two Valley cities. ![]()
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