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County approves building permits for two medical pot shops here

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Two applications for medical marijuana collectives in Ramona have been awarded building permits by the county and are under review by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s licensing division.

Building permits have been issued to Michael Sherlock for 1210 Olive St. and to Dino Berardino for 618 Pine St., according to the county.

County ordinance requires that a collective may only operate in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County if a Medical Marijuana Collective Facility Operating Compliance Certificate has been issued by the sheriff’s department.

Detective Mike Helms with the sheriff’s license and registration unit said the processing time depends on how quickly the applicants’ buildings comply with requirements for a collective facility.

To obtain an operating certificate, applicants must have a sheriff department-licensed 24-hour centrally monitored alarm system, closed circuit television video monitoring, windows and glass with vandal-resistant glazing and shatter-resistant film, lighting and entrance/exit doors.

“While the applicants are working on their infrastructure requirements, the sheriff’s licensing division is conducting backgrounds on the applicants,” Helms said in an email.

Once the final building inspection is conducted, the licensing division will issue the operating certificate, he said. No dispensing or cultivating of marijuana can occur at the site until the certificate has been issued.

Medical marijuana collectives can only be on industrial-zoned parcels and must be at least 1,000 feet from schools, recreation centers, youth centers, churches, playground parks and residential zoning.

The county has identified approved zoning sites for the unincorporated areas.

Ramona and Lakeside have the most identified sites.

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