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ASPEN, COLO. (AP) -- Pitkin County officials are telling staffers to take a light-handed approach to governing the medical marijuana industry.

Citizens told commissioners they don't want the county to be a growing site that serves dispensaries elsewhere. The proposed regulations don't allow the total number of licensed grow sites to exceed the total number of dispensaries in the county

Community development spokesman Lance Clarke told the Aspen Times there are seven dispensaries in the county and six grow sites, so present circumstances meet the proposed limitation.

The proposals will go to the county's Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday and county commissioners on Wednesday.

Local governments in Colorado have until July 1 to establish their own regulations and licensing procedures for the medical marijuana industry, or to prohibit such facilities altogether.

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Information from: The Aspen Times 

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