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Neighboring business and residents complain, and will likely continue to complain, of <br />disruption of business activity, increased noise complaints, increased marijuana <br />smoking in public, normally in the dispensaries parking lot, and loss of business from <br />those businesses adjacent to the dispensaries. A common complaint highlighting the <br />incompatibility with other business is impaired health due to vapors and strong <br />marijuana smell emanating from the dispensary through a shared ventilation system or <br />because the premise's doors remain open. Nearby businesses frequently complain <br />about the strong smell or odor of marijuana permeating throughout a business complex, <br />and some of these businesses indicate that the dispensaries drive away the business' <br />customers and clients. <br />Other concerns raised in neighborhood meetings are that some dispensaries are <br />located within proximity, and in a path of travel, to schools and residential properties. <br />This proximity exposes children and residents to the dispensing and use of marijuana <br />by the clientele associated with this type of business. This exposure may be more <br />evident when the business front door is adjacent to a public sidewalk. <br />For example: 832 E. 17th St.; the dispensary front door opens to the public sidewalk <br />and in close proximity to apartment units. <br />1314 N. Grand Ave.; While the entry is not directly adjacent to the <br />sidewalk, only a short parking lot separate the dispensary from children. <br />929 S. Main, recently discussed in a Spanish-speaking television news <br />report; the front door opens to public sidewalk, the business is not <br />compatible with surrounding business owners, and it is in close proximity <br />and within path of travel to a residential zone and an elementary school. <br />These dispensaries, which negatively impact the surrounding neighborhood, will be <br />prohibited only if it located within 600 feet of a K-12 school. Other than the 600 feet <br />proximity to schools restriction, the initiative does not address any of the concerns <br />described above related to secondary impacts nor does it address path of school travel <br />issues. <br />The following incidents also illustrate the impact of dispensaries: <br />1. 1820 E. Garry Ave. - Armed robbery - Adult male victim robbed at gunpoint. <br />Victim states that he had just purchased his medical marijuana from a dispensary <br />and was approached by a suspect with a handgun. Suspect demands "Give me <br />your marijuana". <br />2. 1820 E. Garry Ave. - Business owner complaints of continual attractive nuisance <br />activity affecting his business from adjacent dispensary. Complaints include <br />smoking of marijuana around his establishment, the constant odor of marijuana <br />through the ventilation system affecting his ability to conduct business. The <br />clients of the dispensary tend to loiter and leave trash in front of other <br />15 <br />65A-21