Victoria makes plans to regulate its medical pot shops with $5,000 licensing fee
VICTORIA — The City of Victoria has laid out some ground rules as it moves to regulate medical-marijuana businesses and included is a licensing fee that is a fraction of the Vancouver charge.
The city is asking for public input on more than a dozen proposed regulations, including a fee ranging from $4,000 to $5,000, that no one under the age of 19 be on the premises, that health-warnings signs be posted and that there be no consumption of the product in the store.
Vancouver is further ahead in its regulation process and plans to charge $30,000 for a business licence.
There are about 30 medical-marijuana-related businesses in Victoria currently and 26 of those are storefront retailers.