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According to a town document distributed to officials yesterday, there are only 36 properties in the entire town where recreational marijuana businesses can locate, mostly because of restrictive zoning requirements passed by the Town Board last year.

Riverhead Town’s marijuana advisory committee will recommend to the town board that marijuana businesses be integrated into current zoning districts and kept away from certain land uses, including schools, libraries, places of worship, parks and beaches, with 500-foot to 1,000-foot setbacks.

An advisory committee formed to help the town board implement the state law legalizing recreational marijuana sales met Tuesday night to discuss possible restrictions on where retail shops and cafes could be located and how they can operate.

meeting will be focused on identifying locations where the town wants marijuana businesses prohibited, including near schools, churches, parks and town facilities, according to Councilman Ken Rothwell, who Supervisor Yvette Aguiar named to lead the advisory committee.

The proposed advisory committee will help the town craft policy on where retail marijuana dispensaries and cafés can be located and their hours of operation.

An comprehensive plan update advisory committee announced last week by the town supervisor does not reflect a cross-section of the community, civic group representatives say.

Supervisor Tim Hubbard has promised a town government that will reach “a level of transparency…that has not been seen before.” Here's why that's important and what he should do to make this a reality in Riverhead.

The town's new planning consultants will conduct their first public outreach meeting Saturday morning. They are hoping to get more community members involved in the process. Second article in a series focusing on the comprehensive plan update.

Representatives of BFJ Planning of New York City held a kickoff meeting in Riverhead Town Hall Thursday, presenting a timeline and milestones for the development and priorities for the comprehensive plan update, and fielding board members’ questions.

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