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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE PLANNING COMMISSION - SESSION 2 Monday, November 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware AGENDA – SESSION 2 Written comments are accepted via mail to City of Dover – Planning Commission, P.O. Box 475 Dover DE 19903 and via email at CompPlan@dover.de.us. IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL MEETING NOTICE The Planning Commission Meeting - Session 2 for November 18, 2024 will be held at City Hall in City Council Chambers at 7:00 P.M. The public is welcome to attend. The Meeting Session 2 will also be provided as a Virtual Meeting using Webex, an audio/video conferencing system as an electronic means of communication. See participation information below to join by phone or computer. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION City of Dover Planning Commission Meeting - SESSION 2 of November 18, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. Join by Phone: Dial +1-650-479-3208 Access Code: 253 152 08547 Password from Phones: 36837722 Join Online: https://bit.ly/PCMeeting211182024 Webinar Number: 2531 520 8547 Webinar Password: DoverPC2 If you are new to Webex, get the app now at https://www.webex.com/ to be ready when the meeting starts. For problems accessing the meeting, please call the Planning Office at (302) 736-7196. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS & REPORTS Meeting Reminder: The next Planning Commission regular meeting date is December 16, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. 1

PLANNING COMMISSION - SESSION 2 - November 18, 2024 PAGE 2 OPENING REMARKS CONCERNING MEETING PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATIONS OLD BUSINESS NEW APPLICATIONS 1. MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations - Public Hearing and Review for Recommendation to City Council of a series of Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance for establish provisions for recreational marijuana land uses and related zoning regulations. A. Ordinance #2024-29: Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to recreational marijuana land use and zoning for cultivation, manufacturing, and testing facilities and compassion centers by amending Dover Code of Ordinances, Appendix B – Zoning: Article 3 - District Regulations Section 19 - Manufacturing Zone (M), Section 20 - Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone (IPM), and Section 23 - Agricultural Zone (A); Article 5 - Supplementary Regulations adding new Section 24 - Marijuana Related Businesses; and Article 12 - Definitions. These amendments add definitions for marijuana related businesses, allow these business types to operate as permitted uses within certain zones, and add supplementary regulations by which these businesses must abide. B. Ordinance #2024-30: Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to recreational marijuana land use and zoning for retail marijuana stores and provisions for compassion center conversions by amending Dover Code of Ordinances, Appendix B – Zoning: Article 3 - District Regulations Section 16 - Highway Commercial Zone (C-4); Article 5 - Supplementary Regulations adding new Section 24 - Marijuana Related Businesses; and Article 12 – Definitions. These amendments add the definition of retail marijuana stores and allow recreational marijuana stores to operate as permitted uses in the C-4 zone, and add supplementary regulations by which these businesses must abide. NEW BUSINESS ADJOURN SESSION 2 Posted Agenda: November 8, 2024 THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. PURSUANT TO 29 DEL. C. §10004(e)(2), THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WHICH ARISE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING 2

Item 1. PETITIONS TO AMEND TEXT of Zoning Ordinance Applicant Development Advisory Committee Meeting of November 6, 2024 Report to the Dover Planning Commission for November 18, 2024 Proposed Changes: Text Amendments to the following: • Dover Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning (Zoning Ordinance) o Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 19 – Manufacturing Zone (M) o Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 20 – Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone (IPM) o Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 23 – Agricultural Zone (A) o Article 3 - District Regulations, Section 16 – Highway Commercial Zone (C-4) o Article 5 – Supplementary Regulations (Add Section 24) o Article 12 – Definitions Summary of Amendments: This is a series of text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to address the passage of the Marijuana Control Act by the Delaware General Assembly. Under the statute, municipalities can regulate where and how the marijuana-related land uses addressed by the law are permitted within the municipal limits. Municipalities can also prohibit marijuana-related land uses. The proposed Ordinance #2024-29 addresses marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, and testing. The proposed Ordinance #2024-30 addresses marijuana retail stores. Together, the Ordinances would allow marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, and testing facilities in the IPM and M Zones; marijuana cultivation facilities in the A Zone; and marijuana retail stores in the C-4 Zone. They would also add supplementary regulations (Section 24) for the marijuana-related uses in Article 5 and definitions for the marijuana-related uses in Article 12. File Number: MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Lands Uses and Related Zoning Regulations Ordinance Numbers: #2024-29 Proposed Ordinance #2024-29 – Amending Appendix B-Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 19 – Manufacturing Zone (M), Section 20 – Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone (IPM), Section 23 – Agricultural Zone (A); Article 5 Supplementary Regulations; Section 24 – Marijuana Related Businesses, Article 12 – Definitions #2024-30 Proposed Ordinance #2024-30 – Amending Appendix B- Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 16 – Highway Commercial Zone (C-4); Article 5 – Supplementary Regulations, Section 24 – Marijuana Related Businesses; Article 12 - Definitions 3

MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Marijuana Related Uses DAC Report Summary of November 6, 2024 Item 1. Page 2 of 6 I. BACKGROUND ON DEVELOPMENT OF TEXT AMENDMENTS Introduction Recreational marijuana became legal in the state of Delaware on July 5, 2023, when the Delaware Marijuana Control Act went into effect. This means that adults (ages 21+) may legally possess personal use quantities of marijuana in Delaware. Adults may also legally consume marijuana on private property. The Delaware Marijuana Control Act allows municipalities to regulate (including prohibit) land uses relating to cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and retail sale of marijuana within their jurisdiction through local ordinance. The Zoning Ordinance does not currently define or otherwise address the uses regulated under the Marijuana Control Act. The proposed ordinances would provide the framework for the uses established within the Marijuana Control Act in the City of Dover. Background The Dover City Council Committee of the Whole – Legislative, Finance and Administration Subcommittee (CCW-LF&A) first discussed the Marijuana Control Act and how the City might address the regulated uses at a meeting on September 26, 2023. In a subsequent meeting on April 9, 2024, the CCW-LF&A discussed the matter again and directed the staff to develop an ordinance permitting marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and testing in the M and IPM Zones and permitting marijuana retail stores in the C-4 Zone, with regulations such as distancing requirements and other measures intended to protect neighboring uses from any potential adverse effects of these new uses. Working with a consultant, the staff developed an ordinance that was presented to the CCW-LF&A on June 11, 2024. In response to public comment, the CCW-LF&A requested that the staff provide additional research. An informational webpage on the topic of Marijuana Regulations was added to the City’s website; see https://www.cityofdover.com/marijuanaregulations . Several of the research and background documents are attached for reference including the Recreational Marijuana White Paper and Marijuana Ordinance Q&A. In July 2024, the City Council enacted a moratorium on all marijuana-related land uses through December 31, 2024, to ensure that no licenses would be issued for Dover locations while the matter was being deliberated. (See attached Moratorium as Council Resolution #2024-11) In July 2024, a Survey to assess public opinion on how the City should address marijuana-related uses was made available online, at City buildings, and mailed with all utility bills. Survey respondents generally favored allowing marijuana-related uses in Dover with restrictions. The Summary of City of Dover Marijuana Survey (Report) is attached. After discussing potential ordinances to address marijuana-related uses in Dover in seven public meetings, on October 15, 2024, CCW-LF&A recommended forwarding draft ordinances to City Council for First Reading. Four Ordinances to address business licensing and zoning of marijuana- related businesses were forwarded to begin the formal review process (identified as Ordinance #2024-24 and #2024-25 for business licensing; #2024-29 and #2024-30 for zoning regulations). First Reading of the Ordinances took place at the City Council meeting on October 28, 2024, at which time City Council set public hearings before the Planning Commission on November 18, 2024, and before the City Council on December 9, 2024. 4

MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Marijuana Related Uses DAC Report Summary of November 6, 2024 Item 1. Page 3 of 6 State of Delaware Regulations and Licenses The Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) developed state regulations to govern the new recreational marijuana industry. The regulations were finalized in July 2024 and effective September 2024. The OMC office began accepting license applications on August 19, 2024. The first public license lottery was held by the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner on October 24, 2024. The State expects the first retail marijuana stores to open in spring 2025. Also in 2024, the Delaware General Assembly passed a bill that allows medical marijuana facilities (compassion centers) to obtain a conversion license to convert to recreational facilities regulated under the Marijuana Control Act. In Dover, there is one compassion center that is retail only. This facility applied for a conversion license through the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner. Proposed Ordinances Two Ordinances proposed are text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. These are described below with copies of the Proposed Ordinances attached. Also provided are excerpts from a map series (Map 1, 2, 3, and 4) which depict zoning district locations and the regulations (buffers) as proposed. Ordinance #2024-29 – (Previously #2024-25A) This proposed Ordinance #2024-29 would permit marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities in the Manufacturing (M) and Industrial Park Manufacturing (IPM) zones and would allow marijuana cultivation in the Agricultural (A) zone. The proposed Ordinance #2024-29 would classify State-licensed compassion centers as a retail use (consistent with current practice). It would also establish the standards by which such businesses would be required to operate, including: • Confirming that compassion centers (retail only) are permitted in all commercial zones where retail uses are permitted; • Requiring the building footprint for marijuana cultivation facilities or marijuana product manufacturing facilities be at least 750 feet away from any residential zone, the lot line of any private or public K-12 school, hospital, college or university, child day care center, or State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder treatment facilities; • Requiring that the building footprint of marijuana product testing facilities be at least 750 feet away from any residential zone, the lot line of any private or public K-12 school, hospital, child day care center, or State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder treatment facilities; • Requiring that marijuana cultivation facilities and marijuana product manufacturing facilities install odor control technology and that all openings, windows and entryways for such facilities be covered to prevent view into the interior from any public or semipublic area; • Requiring that applicants for marijuana cultivation and marijuana product manufacturing uses comply with the provisions of the water, wastewater and electric handbooks, and that any the cost of utility upgrades required to support the utility demand for these facilities would be the responsibility of the applicant. • The draft ordinance would also establish definitions for the marijuana land uses that are consistent with the State definitions. Ordinance #2024-30 – (Previously #2024-25B) This proposed Ordinance #2024-30 would permit marijuana retail stores in the Highway Commercial (C-4) zone, establish a definition for 5

MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Marijuana Related Uses DAC Report Summary of November 6, 2024 Item 1. Page 4 of 6 “retail marijuana store” consistent with the State regulations, and establish the standards by which such businesses would be required to operate, including: • Requiring that the building footprint for retail marijuana stores be at least 500 feet away from the lot line of any private or public K-12 school, child daycare center, State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder treatment facility, hospital, college, or university and at least 250 feet from any residential zone; • Requiring that the building footprint for a retail marijuana store be at least one (1) mile from the lot line of any other marijuana retail store within the City of Dover; • Requiring that that all openings, windows and entryways for retail marijuana stores be covered to prevent view into the interior from any public or semipublic area; • Allowing for a compassion center licensed by the State before January 1, 2024, to be permitted to convert to a retail marijuana store exempt from the distancing requirement. • The draft ordinance would also establish definitions for the marijuana land uses that are consistent with the State definitions. Other Ordinances In addition to these two proposed ordinances related to zoning/land use for recreational marijuana facilities there are two companion ordinances related to business licensing. Proposed Ordinances #2024-24 and #2024-25 are proposed amendments to the Dover Code of Ordinances to establish the business license fees for marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and test facilities, marijuana retail stores, and compassion centers. These are not subject to review by the Planning Commission as they do not amend the Zoning Ordinance. II. TEXT AMENDMENT REVIEW PROCESS Because these are Text Amendments proposed to the Zoning Ordinance, a Public Hearing and Recommendation by the Planning Commission is required. This review process began when the proposed Ordinance was submitted to the City Council for First Reading on October 28, 2024. The City Council has referred Ordinances #2024-29 and #2024-30 to the Planning Commission for a Public Hearing and consideration on November 18, 2024 (Planning Commission SESSION 2). Then it is scheduled for Final Reading, Public Hearing and Final Action by Council on December 9, 2024. At the meeting the City Council may act to adopt the whole Ordinances, to reject it, or to adopt the Ordinances with amendments. Legal Advertisements were published in the Daily State News on Sunday, November 3, 2024 giving notice and participation information for the Public Hearings as scheduled. III. RECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING STAFF: Review and Recommendations: As part of the process outlined in Zoning Ordinance, Article 10 Section 5, the City Planner must evaluate the following factors when preparing a report on the text amendment request: Article 10 § 5.22 City planner report. For each proposed zoning text amendment, the city planner shall issue a report to the planning commission and city council, including comments from other reviewing agencies, that evaluates the following factors: (A) Whether such change is consistent with the aims and principles embodied in the ordinance as to the particular zones concerned; and; (B) Whether proposed amendment is consistent with the aims of the comprehensive plan of the city. 6

MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Marijuana Related Uses DAC Report Summary of November 6, 2024 Item 1. Page 5 of 6 The City of Dover developed the subject Ordinances in response to the State’s legalization of recreational marijuana through the Delaware Marijuana Control Act. In developing the Ordinances, the principles and aims of the Zoning Ordinance and the 2019 Comprehensive Plan were considered. Marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, and testing are consistent with the types of uses permitted withing the M (Manufacturing Zone) and IPM (Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone) Zones, as these zones permit manufacturing and industrial processing of goods and research and testing labs. Marijuana Cultivation is consistent with other uses permitted within the A (Agricultural Zone), including crop harvesting. Marijuana retail stores are consistent with other permitted uses in the C-4 Zone including retail, and the C-4 Zone is intended for high-intensity, auto-dependent uses. Additionally, in response to concerns regarding this new category of uses, the Ordinances provide distancing requirements from incompatible uses and other protections that municipalities are allowed to control (time and place). The 2019 Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 12: Land Development Plan discusses goals for various land use types (Land Use Categories). Relative to the proposed Ordinances, the following sections apply. In relation to Commercial – High Intensity Areas, specifically US Route 13/DuPont Highway and Bay Road Corridors, the Plan’s recommendation states (page 12-13): The US Route 13/DuPont Highway and Bay Road corridors are dominated by highway focused commercial development, as free-standing buildings, strip commercial centers, and formal shopping centers and mall spaces. For the most part, the Land Development Plan proposes to continue US Route 13/DuPont Highway and Bay Road as the major commercial corridors in Central Delaware. In relation to Employment Centers, the Plan includes the following policy (page 12-17): Provide sufficient land area for industrial purposes to enable the expansion of existing industries, the establishment of new facilities, and revitalization of underutilized older industrial sites. The Planning Office finds that the proposed Ordinances are consistent with the aims and principles of the Zoning Ordinance and the zones specifically addressed, as well as with the aims of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan. Additionally, the following advisory items are noted. 1) The Planning Office provided an opportunity to Development Advisory Committee (DAC) members to comment on the proposed Text Amendments at their meetings on October 30, 2024 and November 6, 2024. Several Departments/Agencies which participate in the DAC process provide comments of “no objection” with regard to the proposed Text Amendments. It is noted that some of these Departments participated in the research into the development of the proposed ordinances. 2) The Proposed Ordinances are also subject to Legal Review by the City Solicitor, which may identify additional clarifications or corrections. 3) The approval of these Text Amendments does not authorize the establishment of the 7

MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Marijuana Related Uses DAC Report Summary of November 6, 2024 Item 1. Page 6 of 6 regulated uses at any specific location. Prior to the establishment of a use, a State license through the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner and the appropriate applications for site development activity plan review, Building Permits, and other construction activity Permits, Business and Occupancy Licensing, etc. of the City of Dover are required. V. PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW FOR RECOMMENDATION This is a request for a zoning text amendment which revises the text in the Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Commission as part of their public hearing and review process will provide a recommendation on the zoning text amendment request to City Council. As part of the process outlined in Zoning Ordinance, Article 10 Section 5, the Planning Commission must evaluate the following factors when considering the request: Article 10 § 5.23 Report of the planning commission. Regarding each proposed amendment to the ordinance text, the planning commission shall provide a report to the city council stating a recommended action with regards to the proposed amendment, along with the commission's evaluation of the following factors: (A) Whether such change is consistent with the aims and principles embodied in the ordinance as to the particular zones concerned; and (B) Whether such proposed amendment is consistent with the aims of the comprehensive plan of the city. A Recommendation Report from the Planning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for their consideration of the Text Amendment Application. Attachments: • Development Advisory Committee Comments • Proposed Ordinance #2024-29 (Zoning Regulations for Cultivation, Manufacturing, and Testing Marijuana Facilities and Compassion Centers) • Proposed Ordinance #2024-30 (Zoning Regulations for Retail Marijuana Stores and Compassion Centers) • Council Resolution #2024-11 for Moratorium on Recreational Marijuana Related Uses • Recreational Marijuana White Paper (updated September 9, 2024) • Marijuana Ordinance Q&A • Summary of City of Dover Marijuana Survey (Report) • Maps 1-4 (Excerpt of Map Series): • Map 1 - Based on Ordinance #2024-29 (zoning for cultivation, manufacturing, and testing) as proposed • Map 2 - Based on Ordinance #2024-30 (zoning for retail) as proposed • Map 3 – Zoning: A, IPM, M parcels • Map 4 – Zoning: C-4 parcels 8

CITY OF DOVER Item 1. DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION REVIEW COMMENTARY STAFF D.A.C. MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2024 APPLICATION: Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations FILE #: MI-24-09 REVIEWING AGENCY: City of Dover Department of Public Works and Water & Wastewater CONTACT PERSON: Jason A. Lyon, P.E., Director of Water & Wastewater / Engineering Services CONTACT PHONE #: 302-736-7025 CONTACT EMAIL: jlyon@dover.de.us T HE S UBJECT P ROPOSAL HAS BEEN R EVIEWED FOR C ODE C OMPLIANCE , P LAN C ONFORMITY AND C OMPLETENESS IN A CCORDANCE WITH THIS A GENCY ’ S A UTHORITY AND A REA OF E XPERTISE . T HE F OLLOWING I TEMS HAVE BEEN I DENTIFIED AS E LEMENTS W HICH N EED TO BE A DDRESSED BY THE A PPLICANT : ORDINANCE #2024-29 CITY AND STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 1. Our office has no objections to the proposed text amendments RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTED AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO MEET CODE OBJECTIVES SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 1. None ADVISORY COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 1. None ORDINANCE #2024-30 CITY AND STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 1. Our office has no objections to the proposed text amendments RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTED AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO MEET CODE OBJECTIVES SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 1. None ADVISORY COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT SANITATION / STREETS / STORMWATER / WATER / WASTEWATER / GENERAL 9

Item 1. Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations File #: MI-23-01 October 30, 2023 Page 2 of 2 1. None I F Y OU H AVE A NY Q UESTIONS OR N EED TO D ISCUSS ANY OF THE A BOVE C OMMENTS , P LEASE C ALL THE A BOVE C ONTACT P ERSON AND THE P LANNING D EPARTMENT AS S OON AS P OSSIBLE . 10

Item 1. CITY OF DOVER ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION REVIEW COMMENTARY STAFF D.A.C. MEETING DATE: OCT 30, 2024 APPLICATION: Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations FILE #: MI-24-09 REVIEWING AGENCY: City of Dover Electric Department CONTACT PERSON: Shawn Burgett, Engineering Services & System Ops Superintendent CONTACT PHONE #: 302-674-7568 CONTACT EMAIL #: sburgett@dover.de.us T HE SUBJECT PROPOSAL HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR CODE COMPLIANCE , PLAN CONFORMITY AND COMPLETENESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGENCY ’ S AUTHORITY AND AREA OF EXPERTISE . T HE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ELEMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANT : CITY AND STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS ELECTRIC 1. The Electric Department has no objections to the amendment text of Ordinance #2024-29 and Ordinance #2024-30. RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTED AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO MEET CODE OBJECTIVES 1. None ADVISORY COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT 1. None I F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ABOVE COMMENTS , PLEASE CALL THE ABOVE CONTACT PERSON AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . 11

Item 1. CITY OF DOVER Dover/Kent DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE County Metropolitan APPLICATION REVIEW COMMENTARY Planning D.A.C. MEETING DATE: 11/6/2024 Organization MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations FILE # MI-24-09 REVIEWING AGENCY: Dover/Kent County MPO CONTACT PERSON: Malcolm Jacob PHONE #: (302) 387-6030 Issues of concern to the MPO are effective transit, reducing the amount of vehicle emissions by shortening or eliminating trips, and facilities for alternative modes of transportation, including bicycle and pedestrian access. The MPO considers the bicycle facilities required by the City of Dover to be the standard for all applications, not to be waived. City of Dover Planning Commission Text Amendment Review MI-24-09 Text Amendments: Recreational Marijuana Land Uses and Related Zoning Regulations Dover Kent MPO does not typically provide comments on text amendments, unless it pertains directly to transportation planning. The only suggestion from the MPO is to consider the impact of the regulations on access to retail facilities. Many of Dover’s residents do not own a personal vehicle, which makes it harder for them to reach and travel along US13. Because the “equity focus areas” identified by DelDOT are more likely to have zero-vehicle households, the MPO recommends looking at the Equity Analysis Tool to better understand which neighborhoods may have impaired access to the new retail facilities. This is important in terms of employment along the US13 corridor, particularly for those who cannot drive to work. Referring to DART’s existing and future bus networks, and the most recent US Census Bureau data, can also help in studying these access gaps. Please see the link below for the Equity Analysis Tool. https://deldot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e051d6e4313142dfb8b03205 e511f661 If you have any questions or need to discuss any of the above comments, please call the above contact person and the Planning Department as soon as possible. 12

Item 1. City of Dover CITY OF DOVER PROPOSED ORDINANCE #2024-29 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN 2 COUNCIL MET: 3 4 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 19 – Manufacturing Zone 5 (M) be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue font as follows: 6 7 Section 19. – Manufacturing Zone (M). 8 9 19.1 Uses permitted. No building or premises shall be used, and no building or part of a building 10 shall be erected, which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any 11 purpose, except the following, and in accordance with performance standards procedure as set 12 forth in article 5, section 8 and subject to the site development plan approval as set forth in article 13 10, section 2: 14 15 19.17 Railroad yards, sidings, and storage facilities. 16 17 19.18 Marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, and 18 marijuana testing facilities subject to the requirements outlined in article 5, 19 section 24. 20 21 19.18 19.19 Accessory uses: 22 23 (a) On-site offices, clinics, food service facilities, recreation facilities and child day care 24 services collocated within the permitted use and limited to exclusive use by employees, 25 and such other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, and customary to and 26 associated with the permitted use. 27 (b) The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses if approved by the planning 28 commission in accordance with the provisions and procedures set forth in article 10, 29 section 1 and any specified requirements set forth below: 30 31 (1) Associated retail uses in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted use, 32 provided that the associated retail uses do not occupy more than 30 percent of 33 the gross floor area of the building or group of buildings on a lot. Parking shall 34 be provided at a rate of one parking space per 300 square feet of retail space for 35 the exclusive use of retail customers in addition to the bulk parking requirements 36 of this zoning district for a particular use. 37 13

Item 1. 38 (2) Outside storage which is incidental to the primary uses on the lot, within a 39 completely enclosed and secure area appropriately screened from public view 40 and not in any required setback from property lines. 41 42 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 43 44 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 20 – Industrial Park 45 Manufacturing Zone (IPM) be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue font as follows: 46 47 Section 20. – Industrial Park Manufacturing Zone (IPM). 48 49 20.1 Uses permitted. No building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building 50 shall be erected, which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any 51 purpose, except the following, and in accordance with performance standards procedure as set 52 forth in article 5, section 8, and subject to site development plan approval as set forth in article 10, 53 section 2: 54 55 20.19 Marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, and 56 marijuana testing facilities, subject to the requirements outlined in Article 5, 57 Section 24. 58 59 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 60 61 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 23 – Agricultural Zone (A) 62 be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue font as follows: 63 64 Section 23 - Agricultural Zone (A). 65 66 23.1 Uses Permitted. In an agricultural zone (A), no land or building shall be used and no building 67 or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, 68 in whole or in part, for any uses except the following: 69 70 23.17 Marijuana cultivation facilities, subject to the requirements outlined in Article 71 5, Section 24. 72 73 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 74 75 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 5 – Supplementary Regulations, be amended by inserting the 76 text indicated in bold, blue font as follows: 77 78 Section 24. Marijuana Related Businesses. 79 80 24.1 Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect public health and safety by 81 applying standards under which marijuana related businesses may operate 82 within the City of Dover, Delaware. 83 14

Item 1. 84 24.2 A compassion center is classified as retail use and is permitted in all commercial 85 zones where retail uses are permitted. 86 87 24.3 Where permitted in accordance with Article 3, marijuana cultivation facilities 88 are subject to the following restrictions: 89 90 24.31 The building footprint within which a marijuana cultivation facility is to 91 be located shall be at least 750 feet away from any residential zone, and any 92 private or public K-12 school, hospital, college or university, child day care 93 center, or State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder treatment 94 facility. 95 96 24.32 All marijuana cultivation facilities shall install odor control technology, 97 as necessary, to control ventilation at the establishment in such a manner that 98 no odor from cannabis products can be detected outside the building on the 99 same property or on adjacent properties or in public rights-of-way, or within 100 any other unit located within the same building. The facility owner/operator 101 shall properly maintain all odor mitigation equipment to ensure maximum 102 efficiency. An application for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied 103 by a certification by a Professional Engineer, Certified Industrial Hygienist, or 104 other equivalently qualified professional that proposed odor control measures 105 will effectively eliminate outdoor odors associated with the cultivation of 106 marijuana. 107 108 24.33 An application for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied by a 109 photocopy of a valid license as required by Chapter 13, Title 4 of the Delaware 110 State Code. 111 112 24.34 All building openings, entries and windows shall be located, covered or 113 screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the interior from any public 114 or semipublic area. 115 116 24.35 The applicant is responsible for complying with the Code of Ordinances 117 of the City of Dover, Delaware including all provisions in Chapter 110, Article 118 II, Sec. 110-31 and Chapter 110, Article III, Sec. 110-63. 119 120 24.36 The applicant is responsible for all costs associated with infrastructure 121 upgrades, alterations, changes, or extensions required to provide adequate 122 water, wastewater, and electric utility service, including off-site upgrades 123 required to support the demand for water, wastewater, and electric utility 124 service. 125 126 24.4 Where permitted in accordance with Article 3, marijuana product 127 manufacturing facilities are subject to the following restrictions: 128 129 24.41 The building footprint within which a marijuana product manufacturing 15

Item 1. 130 facility is to be located shall be at least 750 feet away from any residential zone, 131 and from the lot line of any private or public K-12 school, hospital, college or 132 university, child day care center, or State of Delaware licensed substance abuse 133 disorder treatment facility. 134 135 24.42 All marijuana product manufacturing facilities shall install odor control 136 technology, as necessary, to control ventilation at the establishment in such a 137 manner that no odor from cannabis products can be detected outside the 138 building on the same property or on adjacent properties or in public rights-of- 139 way, or within any other unit located within the same building. The facility 140 owner/operator shall properly maintain all odor mitigation equipment to 141 ensure maximum efficiency. An application for a certificate of occupancy shall 142 be accompanied by a certification by a Professional Engineer, Certified 143 Industrial Hygienist, or other equivalently qualified professional that proposed 144 odor control measures will effectively eliminate outdoor odors associated with 145 the manufacturing of marijuana. 146 147 24.43 An application for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied by a 148 photocopy of a valid license as required by Chapter 13, Title 4 of the Delaware 149 State Code. 150 151 24.44 All building openings, entries, and windows shall be located, covered, or 152 screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the interior from any public 153 or semipublic area. 154 155 24.45 The applicant is responsible for complying with the Code of Ordinances 156 of the City of Dover, Delaware including all provisions in Chapter 110, Article 157 II, Sec. 110-31 and Chapter 110, Article III, Sec. 110-63. 158 159 24.46 The applicant is responsible for all costs associated with infrastructure 160 upgrades, alterations, changes, or extensions required to provide adequate 161 water, wastewater, and electric utility service, including off-site upgrades 162 required to support the demand for water, wastewater, and electric utility 163 service. 164 165 24.5 Where permitted in accordance with Article 3, marijuana testing facilities are 166 subject to the following restrictions: 167 24.51 The building footprint upon which a marijuana testing facility is to be 168 located shall be at least 750 feet away from any residential zone, and from the 169 lot line of any private or public K-12 school, hospital, child day care center, or 170 State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder treatment facility. 171 172 24.52 An application for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied by a 173 photocopy of a valid license as required by Chapter 13, Title 4 of the Delaware 174 State Code. 175 16

Item 1. 176 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 177 178 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 12 – Definitions, be amended by inserting the text indicated in 179 bold, blue font in proper alphabetical order as follows: 180 181 Article 12. – Definitions. 182 183 Compassion center means an entity registered pursuant to § 4914A of Title 16 of the 184 Delaware State Code that acquires, possesses, sells, supplies, or dispenses marijuana, 185 paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying 186 patients who have designated the dispenser to cultivate marijuana for their medical use and 187 the registered designated caregivers of these patients. 188 189 Marijuana cultivation facility or cultivation facility means an entity licensed by the 190 State of Delaware to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and sell marijuana to retail 191 marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana 192 cultivation facilities, but not to consumers. A marijuana cultivation facility may not produce 193 marijuana concentrates, tinctures, extracts, or other marijuana products. 194 195 Marijuana product manufacturing facility means an entity licensed by the State of 196 Delaware to: purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare, and package marijuana products; 197 and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing 198 facilities and retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers. 199 200 Marijuana testing facility means an entity licensed by the State of Delaware to test 201 marijuana for potency and contaminants. 202 203 204 ADOPTED: * 205 206 207 SYNOPSIS 208 This ordinance amends Appendix B- Zoning of the Dover Code by adding definitions of 209 marijuana-related businesses (with the exception of retail stores), allowing these businesses to 210 operate as permitted uses in certain zones, and adding supplementary regulations, by which these 211 businesses must abide. 212 213 (SPONSORS: ANDERSON and NEIL) 214 215 216 Action History 217 10/28/2024 – Scheduled for First Reading – City Council (Ordinance number changed from 218 #2024-25A to #2024-29) 219 10/15/2024 – Introduction – Council Committee of the Whole/ Legislative, Finance, and 220 Administration Committee (Split into 25A) 221 09/24/2024 – Council Committee of the Whole / Legislative, Finance and Administration 17

Item 1. 222 Committee 223 08/05/2024 – Deferred from 06/11/2024 – Special Legislative, Finance, and Administration 224 Committee (Split into two parts) 225 06/11/2024 – Introduction – Council Committee of the Whole/Legislative, Finance, and 226 Administration Committee. 18

Item 1. City of Dover CITY OF DOVER PROPOSED ORDINANCE #2024-30 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN 2 COUNCIL MET: 3 4 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 16 – Highway Commercial 5 Zone (C-4) be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue text as follows: 6 7 Section 16. Highway Commercial Zone (C-4). 8 9 16.1 Uses permitted. In a highway commercial zone (C-4), no building or premises shall be used, 10 and no building or part of a building shall be erected, which is arranged, intended, or designed to 11 be used, in whole or in part, for any purpose, except the following: 12 13 (q) Retail marijuana stores, subject to the requirements outlined in Article 5, Section 24. 14 15 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 16 17 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 5 – Supplementary Regulations, be amended by inserting the 18 text indicated in bold, blue font as follows: 19 20 24.6 Where permitted in accordance with Article 3, retail marijuana stores are 21 subject to the following restrictions: 22 23 24.61 The building footprint upon which a retail marijuana store is to be 24 located shall be at least 500 feet away from any private or public K-12 school, 25 child daycare center, State of Delaware licensed substance abuse disorder 26 treatment facility, hospital, and at least 250 feet away from any residential zone, 27 and from the lot line of any college or university. 28 29 24.62 The building footprint within which a retail marijuana store is to be 30 located shall be at least 1 mile away from the lot line of any other retail 31 marijuana store within the City of Dover. 32 33 24.63 An application for a certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied by a 34 photocopy of a valid license as required by Chapter 13, Title 4 of the Delaware 35 State Code. 36 37 24.64 All building openings, entries, and windows shall be located, covered, or 38 screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the interior from any public 19

Item 1. 39 or semipublic area. 40 24.7 A Compassion Center licensed by the State of Delaware on or before January 1, 41 2024, that obtains a conversion license under the State of Delaware Marijuana 42 Regulations, must comply with the requirements of Article 3 District Regulations, and 43 shall be exempt from distancing requirements detailed in Appendix B- Zoning, 44 Article 5- Supplementary Regulations, 24.61 and 24.62. 45 46 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 47 48 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 12 – Definitions, be amended by inserting the text indicated in 49 bold, blue font in proper alphabetical order as follows: 50 51 Article 12. – Definitions. 52 53 Retail marijuana store means an entity licensed by the State of Delaware to purchase 54 marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities; to purchase marijuana and marijuana 55 products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities; and to sell marijuana and 56 marijuana products to consumers. 57 58 59 ADOPTED: * 60 61 62 SYNOPSIS 63 This ordinance amends Appendix B- Zoning of the Dover Code by adding the definition of retail 64 marijuana store, allowing retail marijuana stores to operate as permitted uses in certain zones, and 65 adding supplementary regulations, by which retail marijuana stores must abide. 66 67 (SPONSORS: ANDERSON and NEIL) 68 69 70 Action History 71 10/28/2024 – Scheduled for First Reading – City Council (Ordinance number changed from 72 #2024-25B to #2024-30) 73 10/15/2024 – Introduction – Council Committee of the Whole/ Legislative, Finance, and 74 Administration Committee (Split into 25B) 75 09/24/2024 – Council Committee of the Whole / Legislative, Finance and Administration 76 Committee 77 08/05/2024 – Deferred from 06/11/2024 – Special Legislative, Finance, and Administration 78 Committee (Split into two parts) 79 06/11/2024 – Introduction – Council Committee of the Whole/Legislative, Finance, and 80 Administration Committee. 81 20

Item 1. (!Citp of 11Bober MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2024-11 A RESOLUTION TO ENACT A MORATORIUM ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA RELATED USES IN THE CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council seek to preserve, protect, and promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Dover, Delaware through the enactment of certain codes, ordinances, and other regulatory tools and policies that are necessary, and good to achieve that end; and WHEREAS, recreational marijuana became legal for adult use in the State of Delaware on July 5, 2023, when the Delaware Marijuana Control Act went into effect; and WHEREAS, the Delaware Marijuana Control Act allows municipalities to enact ordinances or regulations prohibiting the operation of recreational marijuana related establishments within their jurisdiction or governing the time, place, manner, and number of recreational marijuana establishment operations; and WHEREAS, the Council Committee of the Whole, Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee discussed options on regulating recreational marijuana within the City of Dover at their meetings on September 26, 2023, and April 09, 2024, and directed city staff to draft an ordinance permitting recreational marijuana establishments within certain zones; and WHEREAS, the Council Committee of the Whole, Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee discussed Proposed Ordinance #2024-24 relating to recreational marijuana business licenses, and Proposed Ordinance #2024-25 relating to zoning regulations on June 11,2024; and WHEREAS, during this meeting, several public commenters raised concerns about the provisions outlined in these proposed ordinances; and WHEREAS, following this discussion, the Council Committee of the Whole, Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee and City Council requested that more research and community outreach be conducted and ultimately deferred the issue to a Special Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee meeting; and WHEREAS, the State of Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner will begin accepting applications for all recreational marijuana business license types on September 1, 2024, and will begin issuing licenses on November 1, 2024; and P. O. Box 475 Dover, DE 19903 Q!:ommunitp ClExceUence mbrougb <l!}ualitp $erlJice 21

COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2024-11 PAGE 2 Item 1. WHEREAS, the City of Dover, Delaware is actively working to determine the best way to regulate land uses related to the recreational marijuana industry. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: The City Council does hereby enact a moratorium on recreational marijuana related uses within the City of Dover, Delaware, subject to the following stipulations and conditions: 1. This moratorium shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Council of the City of Dover, Delaware; and 2. This moratorium shall apply to all recreational marijuana establishments licensed by the Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner, which are defined as follows: a) "Marijuana cultivation facility" means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and sell marijuana to retail marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers. A marijuana cultivation facility may not produce marijuana concentrates, tinctures, extracts, or other marijuana products. b) "Marijuana product manufacturing facility" means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana, manufacture, prepare, and package marijuana products, and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers. c) "Marijuana testing facility" means an entity licensed to test marijuana for potency and contaminants. d) "Retail marijuana store" means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities, to purchase marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers. 3. It shall be understood that the purpose of this moratorium is to afford the City Council a reasonable due diligence period to consider alternative courses of action relative to the governing of recreational marijuana uses within the city including, but not limited to, adoption of an amendment to the Dover Code of Ordinances, regulating the time, place, manner, and number of marijuana establishment options; and 4. This moratorium shall remain in effect until December 31, 2024, unless rescinded by City Councilor unless City Council adopts ordinances related to recreational marijuana related uses/establishments at an earlier date. 22

COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2024-11 PAGE 3 Item 1. ADOPTED: July 22, 2024 ~.~~ cU~~ ROBINR.~ DAVID L. ANDERSON MA COUNCIL PRESIDENT Actions History 07/22/2024 - Final Reading - City Council 07/09/2024 - Introduction - Council Committee of the Whole/Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 23

Item 1. Recreational Marijuana White Paper Problem Statement Recreational marijuana became legal in the state of Delaware on July 5, 2023, when The Delaware Marijuana Control Act went into effect. This means that adults (ages 21+) may legally possess personal use quantities of marijuana in Delaware. Adults may also legally consume marijuana on private property. The Delaware Marijuana Control Act allows municipalities to regulate land uses relating to cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and sale of marijuana within their jurisdiction through local ordinance. The City of Dover needs to determine a path forward to best manage the presence of this industry through local zoning ordinance. What can an ordinance accomplish? CAN CANNOT A municipal ordinance may prohibit the operation of A municipal ordinance may not prevent marijuana marijuana establishments within their jurisdiction. establishments from opening outside of City limits in Kent County or in unincorporated areas. A municipal ordinance may regulate the time, place, or A municipal ordinance may not prevent adults from manner in which marijuana establishments operate. legally purchasing recreational marijuana at a licensed establishment, possessing marijuana within City limits, or using marijuana within City limits on private property. A municipal ordinance may not create a specific marijuana licensing fee or tax, though they may collect uniformly imposed fees and taxes. Why is an ordinance needed? The City Code does not currently define, zone land uses, or dictate regulations for marijuana related businesses. It is important that the City of Dover pass an ordinance to provide the public, business owners, City staff, and the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) with clear guidance on whether, where, and under what conditions marijuana establishments are permitted within City limits. When is an ordinance needed? The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner will begin to accept applications for recreational marijuana business licenses on September 1, 2024. It is important for the City to have an ordinance in place soon, as licensees will begin selecting business locations as early as November 2024. Four license types will be issued based on the following schedule mandated by The Delaware Marijuana Control Act: License Type License Description Date Licenses Number of Begin Being Licenses Issued Issued Statewide Marijuana Cultivation facilities will grow marijuana plants indoors, 11/1/2024 Up to 60 Cultivation prepare and package marijuana, and sell to cultivation or Facility product manufacturing facilities. They are NOT open to the public. Updated September 9, 2024 Page 1 of 3 24

Item 1. Marijuana Manufacturing facilities will manufacture, prepare, and 12/1/2024 Up to 30 Product package marijuana products and sell to manufacturing Manufacturing facilities or retail marijuana stores. They are NOT open to the public. Retail Marijuana Retail stores will purchase marijuana products from 3/1/2025 Up to 30 Store manufacturing facilities and sell to consumers. They ARE open to the public. Marijuana Testing facilities will test for potency and contaminants to 3/1/2025 Up to 5 Testing Facility ensure that products meet State safety standards. They are NOT open to the public. Ordinance Options OPTION 1 Prohibit all recreational marijuana businesses within the City of Dover PROS CONS This is a straightforward policy to administer and Prohibition would not address common concerns enforce. related to marijuana legalization such as odors, possession or usage on private property. Marijuana businesses may open in the County just outside of Dover City limits or in enclave areas surrounded by Dover. Prevents the existing compassion center from converting to a retail license at their current location. OPTION 2 Allow marijuana related businesses to open as permitted use within certain zones in the City of Dover. PROS CONS This option gives the City control over elements of Lack of community consensus about where and if uses these uses (i.e. time and place). should be allowed in Dover. Retail establishments provide access to legal marijuana Retail marijuana establishments generally operate in products that meet State safety standards. cash, making them potential targets for crime. The public will have an opportunity to object to the Marijuana cultivation and manufacturing facilities may issuance of a license near their property as there is a produce a strong odor and be large consumers of water public notice process mandated by the State. and energy. OPTION 2a Allow marijuana related businesses only with additional restrictions to regulate the time, place, or manner in which businesses operate. PROS CONS Distancing requirements could be utilized to prevent a Spatial evaluation will be needed to ensure that marijuana facility from opening too close to other uses proposed facility locations meet distancing such as K-12 Schools or residential zones. requirements in place. Additionally, the City may: limit hours of operation, Extensive buffering requirements and zoning require additional odor control technology, implement restrictions create administrative challenges for staff standards in terms of architectural design, signage, and and confusion among the public. Each additional outdoor lighting, and require regular removal of litter requirement adds to the administrative burden of and graffiti. executing the ordinance. For example, the City does not maintain a comprehensive list of some types of facilities, which makes applying buffers difficult. Updated September 9, 2024 Page 2 of 3 25

Item 1. Additional Considerations The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) is the agency responsible for regulating the recreational marijuana industry in Delaware. The OMC has developed regulations for the recreational marijuana industry that address the application and licensing process, specific facility requirements, staffing, safety and security, product tracking, health standards, packaging and labeling requirements, advertising, product testing, taxation, policy enforcement, and more. Regulations are finalized and in effect as of September 11, 2024. Meanwhile, information regarding the most recent Proposed Marijuana Regulations is available here: Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (delaware.gov) Q&A Can existing compassion centers be ‘grandfathered in’ at their current location? HB408 became effective on 7/17/2024. This bill creates a temporary conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes. The OMC will start the licensing process in August. Businesses will be converted by 10/31/2024 with adult use sales beginning no sooner than April 2025. The proposed ordinance would add the definition of a compassion center to City Code and allow compassion centers as a permitted use in all zones. Adding a ‘grandfather’ clause to the ordinance COULD allow the existing compassion center located on Route 13 in Dover to convert to a retail license at their existing location IF recreational marijuana retail uses are permitted in the C-4 Highway Commercial Zone. To do this, language would be added to the proposed ordinance that would exempt compassion centers operating prior to the passage of the Marijuana Control Act from buffering requirements in converting to a marijuana retail store, provided that the facility is located in a zone that allows marijuana retail stores. Can existing shops that sell smoke, vape, and CBD products be ‘grandfathered in’ at their current location? ‘Grandfathering’ is typically used when a use was once permitted but is no longer permitted in a certain zone. ‘Grandfathering’ provisions allow for existing uses that operated legally prior to a change in code to continue operation. In the case of compassion centers, while the use is different, it is similar to the marijuana retail store in that the product is the same and that these compassion centers operate under a license issued by the State. This is not the case for shops that sell smoke, vape, and CBD products. Neither State nor City Code provides a definition of a shop selling smoke, vape, or CBD products, nor maintains a list of these facilities. These establishments are currently treated as retail use within the City’s Zoning Ordinance. This means that there is not an easy way to differentiate between shops selling smoke, vape, and CBD products and any other retail use (i.e. a gas station that sells cigarettes), making it difficult to draft code language to grandfather these uses. Shops that sell vape, smoke, and CBD products are markedly different uses from marijuana retail stores as defined by the Marijuana Control Act, which further complicates efforts to ‘grandfather’ these facilities. Additionally, there are several shops selling smoke, vape, and CBD products throughout commercial zones in Dover, potentially in areas where marijuana retail uses would not be permitted in whatever ordinance is approved by City Council. Updated September 9, 2024 Page 3 of 3 26

Item 1. Marijuana Ordinance Q&A Compassion Centers & Conversion Licenses What is a compassion center? Delaware’s Medical Marijuana Act created the state’s Medical Marijuana Program, which has been operated by the Office of Medical Marijuana within Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Public Health. Under State code, municipalities may regulate but may not prohibit compassion centers from operating within their jurisdiction. Title 16 § 4902A of the Delaware Code defines a Registered Compassion Center as a “not-for-profit entity registered pursuant to §4914A of this title that acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers, transfers, transports, sells, supplies, or dispenses marijuana, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients who have designated the dispenser to cultivate marijuana for their medical use and the registered designated caregivers of these patients.” The Delaware Marijuana Control Act created a new recreational marijuana program to be operated by the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS). House Bill 425 became effective in July 2024. This bill moves the Office of Medical Marijuana from DHSS to the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner within DSHS. There are currently 12 open compassion centers in the state of Delaware, one of which is located within the City of Dover on Jefferic Boulevard. Some compassion centers, such as Best Buds, operate as dispensaries that simply sell medical marijuana products to medical cardholders. Others grow, manufacture, and sell medical marijuana. What is a conversion license? House Bill 408 became effective July 2024. This bill creates a conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes. The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner plans to begin the conversion license process in early August and have all businesses converted before October 31st of this year. Converted companies will be able to expand growing and manufacturing operations once the license is awarded, though no adult use sales will occur prior to April of 2025, which is when the recreational marijuana retail establishments will open. Will conversion license holders retain not-for-profit status? No. According to Delaware State Code, a Compassion Center must have not-for-profit status. When medical companies convert to dual use, retaining not-for-profit status will no longer be a requirement, though license holders will be required to certify that they will continue to support medical patients. With conversion, the recreational marijuana retail stores will also sell medical marijuana to medical cardholders. What will happen to compassion centers? The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner expects the demand for medical marijuana compassion centers to decline as recreational marijuana retail stores open. As such, they expect all medical locations to request conversion licenses. If an existing compassion center is issued a conversion license by the state, but local code does not allow a 1 of 5 27

Item 1. recreational marijuana business to operate at the existing location, the business would have to relocate to utilize the conversion license. It is expected that medical marijuana cardholders will utilize recreational retailers. The advantage of having a medical card is that these patients will not have to pay the tax levied on recreational marijuana, and those who are not eligible to purchase recreational marijuana would still have access (i.e. a person under 21 years of age with medical need). Water and Energy Consumption How much water and energy does a marijuana cultivation facility utilize? Water Use Local Examples After reaching out to existing operations in Delaware, which include both cultivation and manufacturing activities, we learned that water use varies significantly depending on the cultivation method used. On the lower end, there is a facility of about 10,000 SF that uses an amount of water comparable to 5-6 houses. There is another facility of approximately 100,000 SF whose peak use was 75,000 gallons of water in a month. Additional Research Studies have found that cannabis requires significantly more water than other crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans. A commonly referenced statistic on water usage within cannabis grow operations comes from a 2021 study from the Journal of Cannabis Research, which found that on average, one cannabis plant needs 6 gallons of water per day (Source: How much water does it take to grow cannabis? | Cannabis | Tucson Weekly) The Cannabis Control Commission for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides information on Best Management Practices for Water Usage. They note that water usage may differ between indoor marijuana cultivation facilities depending on the plant cultivation method used. Additionally, water recycling systems may be used to clean and filter used water back into irrigation, reducing the amount of freshwater input into the system. That said, medical marijuana studies estimate that a 250 SF grow room would generally require 98 inches of water per year, or 40 gallons of water per day. Dover Water System Analysis The City of Dover Water and Wastewater Department completed an analysis to determine the sufficiency of the water system to support marijuana cultivation in the IPM, M and A zones. Based upon the modeling, the system could support the water demand associated with a 100,000-square-foot cultivation facility in most areas where the current draft ordinance proposes allowing cultivation facilities. In some areas, an increase in the size of the water main might be required to meet fire flow requirements. City staff ran the model using water demand at 108 Thousand gallons (Tgal) per day and also at 75 Tgal per month. The higher number is based on industry research, and the lower number is based on the actual water demand for a cultivation and manufacturing facility in Delaware. The modeling identified several areas where the required fire flow could not be supported even with a water main upgrade. Language could be added to the draft ordinance that specifies that off-site upgrades, including water main replacement to support demand, would be the responsibility of the applicant. For revenue projection, using the conservative estimate of the 75 Tgal per month demand for the Delaware example, the water revenue would be approximately $275 per month or $3,300 annually. 2 of 5 28

Item 1. Electric Consumption Local Example After reaching out to existing operations in Delaware, which include both cultivation and manufacturing activities, we learned that water use varies depending on the cultivation method used. There is a facility of about 10,000 SF whose demand for electricity is roughly equal to 30 houses in the area. There is also a warehouse of approximately 100,000 SF whose monthly electric use peaked at 536,000 kWh in a month. Newark: To address the variability in water and energy use, Newark ensured that their code allows them to deny plans if they would exceed the capacity of existing utility infrastructure, with the option for the developer to pay for necessary upgrades to move the project forward. National Examples Oregon: Within the state, cannabis cultivators are generally required to forecast their energy needs before beginning operation and must also submit annual energy use reports. Oak Creek, Colorado: This is a small town of about 1,000 people with public power. They have a one block industrial area, which now houses a number of cannabis businesses including four grow operations. Their town administrator said that the business brought a 26% increase in load, leading to $800,000 in revenues in 2016. They were projecting $1 million in revenues the following year but invested $460,000 in electric system upgrades. Upgrades were supported, in part, by annual licensing fees as well as plant investment fees collected from cannabis businesses. Boulder, Colorado: Requires commercial growers to pay $2.16 per kilowatt hour or use renewable energy systems to reduce their loads. Source: Putting the ‘Green’ in Renewable Energy at Cannabis Grow Facilities: Pullman & Comley (pullcom.com) Additional Research A 2018 report from the American Public Power Association notes that there is a need for more data regarding marijuana cultivation and energy consumption. It is known that growing cannabis indoors requires the use of lighting, venting, and air conditioning, which all require electricity. However, it has been a challenge for utilities to establish a baseline energy consumption rate for this industry. Based on interviews with medical marijuana growers in California, one utility came up with a rough standard:  A single 1,000-watt high density discharge light consumes 1,100 watts per four foot-by-four foot area. That averages out to 68.8 watts per square foot. However, it is possible to use more energy efficient lighting implements, such as LED’s.  The report also references a 2012 study by Evan Mills published in the journal Energy Policy, which found that it takes about 13,000 kWh a year to operate a four-by-four-by-eight foot grow area.  An account manager from a Public Utility in Washington is quoted in the report comparing a cannabis grow operation with the load profile of a data center or a hospital. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reported on average electricity consumption in Boulder County Colorado in 2015.  The average electricity consumption of a 5,000-square-foot indoor marijuana cultivation facility was 41,808 kWh per month. By comparison, the average household in the county used about 630 kWh per month. 3 of 5 29

Item 1. Dover Electric System Analysis The City of Dover Electric Department determined that based on a 100,000-square-foot cultivation facility, with an electric demand of 5.36 kWh per square foot per month, the annual demand would be about 6.4 Megawatts. Such a facility would be the fourth largest electric customer in Dover. The Department determined that the system could support this demand. This hypothetical customer would pay approximately $462,500 for electricity in a year, $100,000 - $150,000 of which would go to purchase of power. How much water and energy does a marijuana manufacturing facility utilize? There is very little available research on this subject. The bulk of literature addressing heavy water and energy consumption in the marijuana industry focuses on cultivation. Manufacturing marijuana may be similar to other manufacturing uses in terms of water and energy use. The demand for water and energy would vary depending on the size of the facility and equipment and practices used. Sustainable Practices There are practices that can help cannabis grow facilities to reduce water and energy consumption. Solar power generation, use of LED light bulbs, and drip water irrigation are some examples. Generally, water and energy standards are handled at the state level. Most states where cannabis is legal, including Colorado, do not require cultivation facilities to meet specific energy standards, though Illinois and Massachusetts do. The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner’s Draft Regulations require that marijuana cultivation facilities have an environmental and sustainability plan that includes efforts the facility will take to minimize the environmental impact of its operations and plans to minimize water usage. Odor Mitigation Unlike sustainable practices, odor mitigation is more often handled at the local level. For example, nearly every county in Colorado has a strict odor ordinance. Ordinances generally require the use of some kind of filtration system. The most common type is Carbon Filtration, though biofilters, ozone generators, and other methods are also used. The National Cannabis Industry Association Policy Council issued a publication addressing industry impacts, best management practices, and policy considerations in 2020. The section titled ‘Best Management Practices: Air Quality’ on page 40 includes a detailed summary of odor control technology used. They note that Carbon Filtration is the most commonly used and recommended technology for reducing odor emissions as they are effective and reliable when properly maintained. Canada has federal requirements for odor filtration. Before obtaining a commercial license for indoor production of cannabis, applicants need to demonstrate that they have an adequate air filtration system. Health Canada’s Good production practices guide for cannabis contains the requirements for filtration and ventilation systems and proper maintenance is required (Section 5.1.5.1). Some ordinances require that the applicant hire a specialist (such as HVAC technician) to help them comply with local odor control requirements. According to an article in Chemical and Engineering News, Byers Scientific is an example of a company working to create emerging odor-mitigation technology. They combine “Carbon Scrubbers” and vaporizers to mitigate odors caused by the venting process, which is when roof vents are opened to control temperature and humidity. The carbon scrubbers absorb odors before air passes through a waterless vapor emitted along the base of each top vent. The vapor neutralizes the odors before they are released into the environment, according to Byers Scientific. 4 of 5 30

Item 1. Cultivation within Agricultural Preservation Districts Are Marijuana Cultivation Facilities permitted within Agricultural Preservation Districts? Agricultural Preservation Districts are administered by the State’s Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture does not have clear guidance to answer this question at this time, although they raised two major considerations. First, according to the Department of Agriculture, agricultural buildings are permitted within Agricultural Preservation Districts, which might allow for cultivation operations. However, ancillary uses, such as offices, laboratories, and processing areas, would not be permitted within an Agricultural Preservation District. The existing cultivation facilities in Delaware also include associated/ancillary uses, including manufacturing, testing, and retail. Any uses other than cultivation would clearly not be permitted (as either a principal or accessory use) within Agricultural Preservation Districts. Second, some Agricultural Conservation Easements were purchased with a combination of State and Federal funds. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, so this would also need to be considered if a request came forward. Further review and consultation with the Department of Agriculture would be necessary if the City received a request to allow a cultivation facility on a property within an Agricultural Preservation District. 5 of 5 31

Item 1. Summary of City of Dover Marijuana Survey Following several discussions before the City Council Committee of the Whole (CCCW) regarding marijuana legalization and whether and where marijuana-related land uses should be permitted within the City of Dover, City Administration and Rossi Group developed an online survey to gauge public opinion. The survey (attached at the end of this document) was published through Constant Contact on July 2, 2024, and the link to the survey was shared with City Council, through social media outlets, and on the City’s website. At a CCCW meeting on July 9, 2024, the Committee discussed the survey and requested that paper copies be made available and the survey be inserted in City utility bills beginning on July 15, 2024. Further, the closing date for the survey was extended from July 21, 2024 to August 31, 2024. In accordance with this direction, City staff placed paper surveys and drop boxes at City buildings, including Customer Service (5 E. Reed Street), City Hall Inspections Counter, the John W. Pitts Center, and the Dover Public Library. When the survey closed, the City had received a total of 2,228 surveys. Of these 831 were paper surveys and 1,409 surveys were completed online. The following is a summary of both the paper and online surveys received. Not all respondents completed every question, so the number of respondents for each question is indicated a “N=”. For some questions, there were open-ended questions where the respondent could provide a comment. These responses are captured at the end of this document. With the exception of correcting spelling errors and fixing characters that exported from the survey platform incorrectly, the responses documented in this report are verbatim as submitted by the respondents. 1 32

Item 1. Summary of Marijuana Survey Results 1. What is your age? Under Options 21: Under 21: 15 1% 1% 21-34: 21-34: 365 16% 16% 35-44: 387 17% Over 64: 45-54: 298 13% 37% 55-64: 332 15% 35-44: Over 64: 831 37% 17% N= 2228 55-64: 45-54: 15% 13% Non- Prefer 2. What is your gender Binary not to 1% answer Options 3% Male 1053 47% Female 1102 50% Male Non-Binary 12 1% Female 47% 49% Prefer not to 59 3% answer N= 2226 3. What Council District do you live in? Do not live in City, but Options own a business in City:, 4% District 1: 345 17% District 2: 388 19% District 1: Do not live in 17% District 3: 386 19% City: District 4: 192 9% 22% Unknown: 216 10% District 2: Do not live in City, 91 4% 19% but own a business Unknown: in City: 10% Do not live in City: 457 22% District 4: District 3: N= 2075 9% 19% 2 33

Item 1. 4. Which of the following policy options do you support? Other 1% Options Dover should ALLOW recreational 749 34% marijuana businesses within the City without any special restrictions. ALLOW Dover should ALLOW recreational 289 13% without any marijuana businesses within the City restrictions with strong controls. PROHIBIT all 34% Dover should only ALLOW some 262 12% 40% recreational marijuana businesses within the City with strong controls. ALLOW all Dover should only PROHIBIT all 886 40% with strong recreational marijuana businesses from ALLOW some controls opening within City limits. with strong 13% controls ALLOW Other 37 2% 12% 58% N= 2223 5. Do you support allowing any of the following 1250 marijuana related uses in the City? (You can 1188 choose multiple responses) 1200 1150 Options 1100 1059 1068 Cultivation 1059 48% 1050 Manufacturing 1003 45% 1003 Retail 1188 53% 1000 Testing 1068 48% 950 All 2228 Respondents 900 Cultivation Manufacturing Retail Testing 6. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation, Uncertain manufacturing, and testing facilities in Industrial and 7% Manufacturing zones within the City of Dover? Options Yes 1148 52% No 917 41% Yes No 52% Uncertain 146 7% 41% N= 2211 3 34

Item 1. 7. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation, Other manufacturing, and testing facilities in other locations Uncertain within the City of Dover? If "yes" please list possible 9% 3% locations in "other" Options Yes Yes 837 38% 38% No 1117 50% Uncertain 213 10% No Other 61 3% 50% N= 2228 Uncertain 8. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation facilities 6% in Agricultural zones within the City of Dover? Note: Agricultural zones appear in green on the map. Options Yes 1151 52% Yes No 926 42% No 52% Uncertain 139 6% 42% N= 2216 9. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores along Uncertain the Route 13/Bay Road Corridor within the City of 4% Dover? Options Yes 1192 54% No 940 42% No Yes Uncertain 89 4% 42% 54% N= 2221 4 35

Item 1. 10. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores in Downtown Dover? Uncertain 4% Options Yes 1008 45% No 1131 51% Uncertain 81 4% Yes N= 2220 No 45% 51% Other 11. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores in 8% other locations within the City of Dover? If "yes" please respond where in "other" section. Options Yes 976 43% Yes No 1141 50% 42% Other 175 8% No N= 2292 50% 5 36

Item 1. 12. How important is it that there be a buffer or minimum distance required between marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and testing facilities and the following types of places? 2000 Schools 1632 Schools 1500 Not at all 284 13% 1000 Somewhat 258 12% Very 1632 75% 500 284 258 N= 2174 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 2000 Daycares 1632 Daycares 1500 Not at all 297 14% 1000 Somewhat 253 12% Very 1632 75% 500 297 253 N= 2182 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 1600 Rehabilitation Centers 1353 Rehabilitation Centers 1400 1200 Not at all 461 21% 1000 Somewhat 342 16% 800 Very 1353 63% 600 461 342 400 N= 2156 200 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 1400 Parks 1217 Parks 1200 Not at all 556 26% 1000 Somewhat 391 18% 800 556 600 Very 1217 56% 391 400 N= 2164 200 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 6 37

Item 1. 1400 Residential 1195 1200 Residential 1000 Not at all 582 27% 800 582 Somewhat 391 18% 600 391 Very 1195 55% 400 N= 2168 200 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 1400 Hospitals 1184 Hospitals 1200 Not at all 631 29% 1000 Somewhat 354 16% 800 631 Very 1184 55% 600 354 400 N= 2169 200 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 7 38

Item 1. 13. How important is it that there be a buffer or minimum distance required between marijuana retail stores and the following types of places? Schools Schools 2000 1619 Not at all 265 12% 1500 Somewhat 287 13% 1000 Very 1619 75% 500 265 287 N= 2171 0 Not at all Somewhat Very Daycares Daycares 2000 1566 Not at all 334 15% 1500 Somewhat 270 12% 1000 Very 1566 72% 500 334 270 N= 2170 0 Not at all Somewhat Very Rehabilitation Centers Rehabilitation Centers 1500 1326 Not at all 455 21% Somewhat 367 17% 1000 Very 1326 62% 455 367 500 N= 2148 0 Not at all Somewhat Very Parks Parks 1500 1206 Not at all 574 27% 1000 Somewhat 381 18% 574 Very 1206 56% 500 381 N= 2161 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 8 39

Item 1. Hospitals Hospitals 1500 1150 Not at all 656 30% 1000 Somewhat 349 16% 656 Very 1150 53% 500 349 N= 2155 0 Not at all Somewhat Very Residential Residential 1138 1200 Not at all 666 31% 1000 Somewhat 359 17% 800 666 Very 1138 53% 600 359 400 N= 2163 200 0 Not at all Somewhat Very 14. What concerns do you have about allowing 1600 marijuana related facilities in the City of 1338 1400 Dover? (You can choose more than one) 1145 1200 998 1000 902 Options Total 800 622 Increased Crime 1145 575 600 470 447 Decreased Property Value 902 400 Noise 622 200 Impact on Youth 470 0 Traffic Congestion 998 Environmental Impact 575 Odor 1338 Other 447 15. What potential benefits do you see in allowing marijuana related facilities in the 1400 City of Dover? (You can choose more than 1146 1119 1127 1200 one) 994 1000 800 Options Total 600 477 Economic Growth 1146 400 Increased Licensing Revenue 1119 200 Job Creation 994 0 Better Regulation of Marijuana Products 1127 Economic Increased Job Creation Better Other Growth Licensing Regulation of Other 477 Revenue Marijuana Products 9 40

Item 1. “Other” responses to Question 4: Which of the following policy options do you support?  Dover should prohibit marijuana businesses, tobacco businesses, alcohol businesses, and vaping businesses. All things that can cause harm.  One retail store in Midtown Loockerman to bring customers to shop. No other businesses  It stinks keep it out of town  Regulate the same as alcoholic beverages  just like alcohol, if not within the law, prosecuted as any criminal act  Please do not introduce more addiction to anyone. We have enough addicts now.  Our city has too much trash, addicts, homelessness, hungry people and negative ways of living within the City of Dover. Enough is enough! Drugs are no good anywhere!  Medical only  No sales within the city  I don’t live in the city therefore I shall not answer.  Allow within the city but must not allowed near schools  It should be prohibited in the entire state!  Same as alcohol policies  Dover should allow recreational marijuana businesses within the City of Dover following Liquor Store controls  Please join the beach towns, Middletown, Dagsboro, Millsboro. Ban growing, sales of this in our CITY!  Only for medicinal purposes  It just creates more crime and criminal activity.  There is NO valid reason to encourage public use of ANY drug. Such use is deleterious to public safety and participation to public events.  Against marijuana  My doctor recommends it and I cannot afford a medical card, just move forward and stop waiting on what is everyone else doing. Make a decision for once, Dover!  We have enough crime in Dover  Does alcohol have special restrictions?  Democratize the recreational marijuana industry!  Neighbor always high and don’t feel safe  This will allow more drug related issues for the state! Should never have been allowed at all only for medical issues. I hope they are being treated the same as someone driving drinking same fines!  Dover should only allow minimum number (2) of marijuana businesses within city limits and in close surveillance by security authorities. Police state & federal monitoring  Do not allow at all unless medically prescribed by a Doctor MD  None Every  Dover need to deal with current homeless and fentanyl use. Marijuana smell already in Dover. No one, obeying laws already.  We need law and order for our citizens. Drivers today are bad enough without it (marijuana) . With it---scary. Let people find moral recreation as we did-it's free!  Marijuana makes people numb and dumb and us a gateway to other illegal drugs.  normal restrictions like age.  Dover needs to deal with current homeless and fentanyl use. Marijuana smell already in Dover. No one obeying laws already.  Allow recreational marijuana businesses within the city with strong controls - as well as creating a maximum cap on the total number of rec marijuana businesses within the city to preclude the exclusion of other business types  Dover and the state need to ban Marijuana. It not good. No store can't sell it in DE  DOVER SHOULD ALLOW RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BUSINESS WHERE EVER ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO IS. SOLD .  Dover should allow recreational marijuana only in the business districts with minimum requirements to open.  Dover should only ALLOW some recreational marijuana businesses within the City with SOME controls.  Dover should PROHIBIT all use of marijuana, recreationally and medicinally. It is a gateway drug, even when used medicinally, and the dangers and harms FAR outweigh any possible helps. We do NOT want to be the next Colorado.  I believe that Dover should allow recreational use but just like alcohol there should be some controls  I feel it should be handled as alcohol is .  Make legal to certain age  Same restrictions as on alcohol and cigarettes  Should allow recreational marijuana business within city limits within control and restrictions  They should be allowed but I'm wondering exactly what "strong controls" means. I believe that marijuana should be treated very similarly to alcohol.  What exactly is strong control? 10 41

Item 1. “Other” responses to Question 7: Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and testing facilities in other locations within the City of Dover? If "yes" please list possible locations in "other"  100% for growing the industry within our town with purchasing from illegal vendors. This is also a very profitable  agriculture zones industry that should be accessible to all.  All above items should be allowed in any area within the Dover  Need information on what is involved in manufacture, cultivation, city limits. and testing but generally any zone which allows similar activities  All locations everywhere should allow legal activities. More should allow this government equals more taxes and less rights.  Not in the downtown area  All manufacturing should be treated as though it is a hazard to  On the outskirts of town with distance from residential area and human health. schools.  Any commercial zone  Outside incorporated limits  Any current industrial parks for manufacturing and testing labs  Outskirts of Dover/country  Any farm in Dover should be allowed to grow marijuana  Plaza where buffalo wings is at.  Any location  Plenty of unused fields and plants in the Dover area  ANY location within the City is fine. These facilities pose no  Possibly around the old Playtex apparel area or out around threat to local citizens. Horsepond Rd  Any manufacturing, cultivation, and testing should only exist  Yes – Any within industrial/manufacturing or agricultural zones and regulated  To support low income are as such.  Yes – Wherever  Any place where alcohol would be allowed.  Yes – RT 8 further west plenty of industrial zoned properties  Any where we currently allow alcohol.  Yes – Farms  Any. These are business owners with employees. We should not  Yes – Industrial Parks only make it hard for them to do business in the city.  Yes – any and all must be fenced in  Any/all locations.  Yes – non-residential areas  Anywhere  Yes – Industrial Parks (Testing facilities)  Anywhere alcohol is allowed.  Yes – Business District  Anywhere available.  Yes – West of Dover  anywhere besides on school property  Yes – Where open spaces are  Anywhere business can go they should be allowed to go.  Yes – Any – Why prohibit taxpayers  Anywhere other than near schools  Yes – in a controlled pace!!!  Anywhere other then downtown.  Yes – Don’t know  Anywhere plausible for the resources required for the business to  Yes – Areas designated for such use function.  Yes – Any  Anywhere that isn't next to a school  Yes – All  Anywhere with available space. Possibly a mutually beneficial  Yes – Nonresidential agreement with local colleges like Del Tech to use their labs for  No – None – Stop testing in exchange for educating students on the process.  Yes – Home Grown for personal use only  Anywhere!  Yes – Prive residence  Anywhere, it's not a dangerous substance or process.  Yes – Dover Mall  Camden  Yes – in vacant spaces, in empty buildings/stores, old sears,  Controlled facilities and with regulations. Macys, post office  Cultivation on agricultural properties.  Yes – I do not see a need to limit  Do not care where these locations are stationed.  Yes – Any rural (open air) areas  Downtown, small business  Yes – West Dover  Everywhere  Yes – unknown  Farm land up for sale  Yes – DSU – U.D. Cooperative Extension (Perdue Building)  Farm land. Do not build more homes!  Yes – outside district limits  Farm/Agriculture, fields that have been for sale.  not in the city  Home cultivation  Yes – with limits in scope  In a safe monitored low crime area  Yes – Lots of farmland here  In areas commercially zoned that do not directly abut a  Preferably @ current (existing) I&M Parks/locations residential area  RT. 8 West Dover  In other cities in Delaware  Places with space  In the southern part of Dover and western parts of Dover  Yes – Same as alcohol locations  Make use of current unused buildings?  Yes – Select Business Zones (indoor)  Marijuana is a plant not a crime! Promoting access to safely  Near other factories produced marijuana reduces the risk of use and harm associated  Empty existing built stores, strip malls, business/retail locations 11 42

Item 1.  Not sure of feasible locations  South/North Governors  Garrison Park  West Dover  As long as there is strong control.  Near open fields by packing company/the many vacant plazas.  Commercial and Residential  Where feasible  Map too small  Hamlet Shopping Center  Industrial, manufacturing, and agricultural zones  Possibly the area where General Foods is located  Very limited locations, not near school, etc,  Private dwellings  In commercial area  Safe areas where there is not any type of chemical runoff that  In retail areas gets absorbed into the material and now you're taking in  Empty warehouses something that is a natural product that's going to poison your  Little Creek body  No restrictions  Same locations as alcohol and tobacco cultivation, manufacturing  Everywhere and testing, if any  Enterprise business park  Seaford, Milford, Harrington, rehoboth beach, Bethany  Nearby fields there are enough around  Should have similar regulations as breweries, pubs, and liquor  Repurpose empty buildings stores when it comes to locations.  Any available locations  The agricultural zones, the industrial and manufacturing zones  Carrol’s Corner are too close to my home and I'm afraid marijuana infrastructure  South/North State Street would further deteriorate the safety in my neighborhood.  There's plenty if empty warehouses and buildings all over the City.  Where ever the business owner wishes to locate their business  Wherever tobacco is allowed “Other” responses to Question 11: Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores in other locations within the City of Dover? If "yes" please respond where in "other" section.  ?  Anywhere  A more rural store  Anywhere  All above items should be allowed in any area within the Dover  Anywhere city limits.  Anywhere  All locations everywhere  Anywhere  Allowing a store downtown would drive much needed business to  Anywhere a vape store is permitted the area but really anywhere in Dover would be acceptable  Anywhere available.  Along 13  Anywhere business can go they should be allowed to go.  Along Bay Rd near AFB  Anywhere but in immediate downtown main streets  Along Rt 8, Salisbury Road, New Burton Road  Anywhere in city limits with same zoning as liquor stores.  Along the highway  Anywhere in Dover we absolutely need more marijuana retail  Any area stores everywhere here, this state is too underdeveloped as it is,  Any area. the retail stores will give us something new  Any dormant shopping location  Anywhere liquor can be sold  Any location except the Downtown Dover area.  Anywhere not next to a school  Any location where businesses are allowed, with consideration for  Anywhere plausible for the resources required for the business to possible traffic & parking issues function.  Any place where alcohol would be allowed.  Anywhere that isn't residential but regulated per Delaware laws  Any place where businesses are  Anywhere that it is appropriate to have a retail store. We have  Any property that would allow a tobacco store or liquor store. liquor stores throughout Dover, in and out of Downtown, so I am  Any where like vape or liquor stores are currently okay with rec. marijuana as well.  Any where that is zoned for commercial use  Anywhere where a liquor store could/is located  Any zone where similar retail activity is permitted  Anywhere with available space, maybe the mall  Any.  Anywhere you currently allow a liquor or tobacco store.  Any/all locations  Anywhere!  Anyplace a liquor store is allowed  Anywhere, as long as buffers are given for schools, and medical  Anyplace other then downtown. facilities.  anywhere  Anywhere.  Anywhere  Anywhere. It's not a dangerous product.  ANYWHERE  As previously stated  Anywhere  Away from downtown but still in Dover. For example  Anywhere 12 43

 Away from schools and daycare centers where space is available. should not be restricted further than the others two types of Item 1. Separate from from medical Marijuana store. Some mm patients stores. like privacy.  Maybe. Not certain  CAMDEN  Milford, seaford, rehoboth beach, bethany  Commercial zones 250 feet from schools  Must be a certain amount of miles away from schools or parks.  Depends. You do not want to create a target for crime. A  Near other retail locations cultivation or processing facility may attract those with criminal  Near route 13 or Forest Ave intent. The retail stores are usually fortified much like the  Neutral dispensaries.  Not in Downtown Dover. Downtown attracts too much homeless  Doesn't matter and violent crime offenders.  Dover does not limit the presence of liquor stores, so there should  not near schools be no greater limit on retail marijuana stores.  Not near schools or colleges  Dover Mall  Not the main roads, I believe those types of facilities attract  Downtown negative behavior in the surrounding area.  Downtown  On duPont Highway  Downtown, Loockerman Street  Other major streets with business such as parts of South State ST  Empty business on Governors Ave, Rt. 8, and Rt. 13. and Governors Ave and Forrest.  Everywhere  Other shopping areas  Everywhere  out side the city sure  Everywhere nigga. Fuck the white man  Outside city limits in rural farm land  Everywhere!  Possibly on Forrest Ave, somewhere on the westside  Forrest Avenue, Walker Road, Salisbury Road. Pretty much  Puffster’s! anywhere where there are businesses.  Retail locations outside of downtown and office/industrial parks  I do not see any reason to restrict their physical location. So work well. I hope that members of council will visit recreational anywhere other businesses are allowed is fine facilities in neighboring states before making a decision. There is  I don’t have anywhere particular in mind, but we have a lot of on in Centerville, Annapolis and Elkton. vacant storefronts throughout the City.  Retail marijuana is good for everyone , Delaware will profit from it  I support the growth of the cannabis industry. , create more jobs, and if marijuana is legal , it hurts drugs  If it is just a retail store it can exist within retail areas. I would not dealers!!! want retail stores in residential areas.  Rodney village shopping center, gas stations/ stores that sell  In a low crime area tobacco and marijuana related products  In all locations where liquor stores are permitted.  Route 13  In all places alcohol is sold.  Route 13 corridor  In certain business areas, mostly away from biz that typically  Route 8 and route 15. cater to children and families.  Route 8, 15. Wherever other business can exist  Industrial and Manufacturing zones  RT 8  Industrial and manufacturing zones.  Rt 8 business area  Industrial areas away from schools  Rt. 8  It's hard enough to get parking in the city. Most medical Marijuana  RT. 8 commercial zones places have lines, but have parking. Keep the lines off the  Same as alcohol. sidewalks and in front of other retailers then ok.  Same locations where alcohol and tobacco retail sales are  Local bakeries or coffee shops could work to mutually benefit allowed cannabis retail stores akin to culture in early 21st century  Same or similar where smoke shops/CBD stores are located Netherlands.  service commercial areas  Location regulations should be similar to breweries, pubs, and  Shopping Centers, Office complexes. liquor stores  Shopping centers.  Loockerman street  Shopping plazas or industrial parks  Mall  Should be kept along the main strip and out of residential  Malls/strip malls neighborhoods where there might be stores.  Malls, pretty much anywhere.  Similar to liquor stores  Manage, permit and license like you do for liquor stores.  Somewhere off the main roads. Set up shop in remote,  Marijuana is a plant not a crime! Promoting access to safely unpopulated, low traffic and volume areas produced marijuana reduces the risk of use and harm associated  South Dover in the mostly unused shopping center across from with purchasing from illegal vendors. This is also a very profitable the Blue Hen mall that houses the gym and Dollar Tree industry that should be accessible to all.  stand alone stores, strip malls, etc.  Marijuana retail stores should be allowed in any commercial  Strip mall/pad sites district in the city.  Strip malls/plaza like the smoke shops.  Marijuana retailers should be treated differently than liquor stores and cigarette stores. They are legal products for adults and 13 44

Item 1.  The building south of South street on RT 13 that is on the split  Yes – Anywhere but near high schools before the car sales lot is always empty as well as the old diner  Yes – Rural next to hibachi  Other – Outside of designated Gov’s council target block  The mall neighborhoods that are suppose to restore peaceful, traditional  The outlying edges of north and south dover. life.  The stores should be allowed anywhere any other stores are  Yes – Malls allowed.  Yes – walker square  There are quite a few little shopping centers/strip malls along  Yes – Any place other than downtown route 8 and route 10.  Other – Unknown  They are a legitimate business, they should be allowed anywhere  Other – Anywhere that is safe any others are.  Yes – Dover Downs/Dover Mall  They should be allowed anywhere a liquor store is allowed to be  Yes – on the outskirts of the city  Unsure of area  Other – Limited  Walker Rd  Other – Industrial Park  west dover area  Other – just not in the city  West Dover  Yes – Anywhere not close to schools or daycares  West Dover, RT 8.  RT. 8 West Dover  West side of dover off rt 8. Near or in the dover mall, lot near the  Regulated same as alcohol stores old L& D parts store  Yes – Other major road corridors example RT 8 & RT 10  Where ever liquor stores are allowed  Selected business parks  Wherever  The old KFC & A&W on RT 8  Wherever liquor stores are allowed.  Eastside  Wherever makes sense. Marijuana should be treated the same as  Outside city limits alcohol.  Other commercial locations  Wherever there's a tobacco store.  Dover mall, 1 or 2 shops  Wherever tobacco is allowed  Anywhere zoned ok  Wherever you can have liquor stores, have marijuana stores.  Anywhere zoning will allow  White oak  Any location is ok  Why not regulate it as you do for retail sales of alcohol?  Any legal place  With medical marijuana store near hospital  City Perimeter  Woodside and cheswold  Everywhere in Dover  Yes  No limits  Yes – Males  Uncertain  Yes – Wherever  It will lead to other drug use  Yes – Rt 13  No  Yes – Strip mall store fronts  Blue Hen Corporate Center  Yes – near police station  Rt 13 & Alt 113  Other – Dover Mall & Shopping centers  West Dover, South Dover  Yes – Not near school  Strip Malls  Yes – All  Any business should be allowed as long as they follow laws.  Yes – Where possible!  All business areas should be allowed to obtain a license.  Yes – Any  Yes – Wherever they feel like it 14 45

Item 1. “Other” responses to Question 14: What concerns do you have about allowing marijuana related facilities in the City of Dover?  Accidents  Health impact, DWIs second hand smoke  Affects Health problems and unsafe environment.  Heath hazards potentially related to all manufacturing  Alcohol have the same affects. Ban that too  Heath impact on the people.  Allowing drivers to drive under the influence. Drivers around them  I despise the fact that if I am driving or walking and am near have to be exposed to this as well. someone smoking or vaping, I become the second hand receiver  Already smell it where ever I go. Clean Dover up with the trash of the smell and smoke exhaust. being thrown on the ground. Dover should be ashamed of there  I do not have a concern about the impact on it surrounding areas. self letting Dover look like it does. Start informing these people  I do not have concerns. Council members need to visit facilities littering or put up cameras to start fining them. in other states to see what they are like. They are not at all what  Already the smell of Marijuana is overwhelming in Dover. In your some make them out to be. car, grocery store, retail store, fitness facilities, schools, you can't  I Don’t have any concerns. escape it. Intoxicated in public and while driving. This will only  I don’t have any concerns. I think it will make the state a lot of make matters worse. money  Always concerned about crime not necessarily related to  I don't have any concerns as long as it is located in the proper marijuana . place. I'm assuming you can't use the product in the property.  Any new business can bring traffic etc It is ridiculous to think  I feel this is a great step in improving the economy of Dover! everyone will not drive a mile outside of Dover to get it and bring it  I have literally no concerns. Bars already do all the above with home. Not allowing it here isn't going to keep it from being here, it the exclusion of "increased crime". is legal.  I have multiple examples of people in my own life who started  Attracts a population that is not conducive to support those with marijuana and moved on to harder drugs, even when used businesses that advocate the history and tourism of the capital. medicinally because the felt benefit diminishes over time and  Bad idea supporting any Marijuana related activities in or around something stronger is required to achieve the same baseline. the city. Marijuana is a proven health concern and addictive  I have no concerned considering the way the laws wrote it should substance. be handle like alcohol sales .  Black business owners seeking to get into the marijuana  I have no concerns. If you understand how the businesses run business will be shutout and excluded because the current you will understand how many of these worries are not realistic & medical marijuana facilities will have a monopoly on the industry. are based in fear. They’re being allowed to supply retailers before new distributors.  I have no concerns. The city will improve economically and it will  Cannot think of anything bring in more tax revenue  Crashes, bad behavior  I have none at all  Crazy impaired drivers  I have zero concerns.  crime  I imagine it would be similar to having a liquor store in an area.  Decrease in the quality and standards of our living environment  I live right outside of Dover on Cheswold. This will affect us all  developmental status of impaired/handicapped negatively. Do not bring a marijuana facility to Dover.  Distracted driving, DWI, bad attitudes and panhandling  I suggest that the Council take the time to read Alex Berenson's  Don't want Dover to become a Kensington, Philadelphia disaster. book entitled  Dover already smells half the time and there are too many damn  I think it would be beneficial, decreased crime, if people can buy pan handlers Marijuana legally, no need for weed dealers. Less chance of it  Dover will not be seen as family-friendly. being laced with other drugs.  Driving impairment in City of Dover  I think this will be an issue with the older residents. In other  Driving safety States where it’s been legalized, the economy has been boosted  Driving under the influence! Same as alcohol and drugs! Yet I and crime has decreased. Lawful access to marijuana could also smell it from lots of cars. I had one rear end my work vehicle and dampen the opioid crisis we all see in downtown Dover. the police did nothing!!!!  I would not care  DUI  I’m concerned that it hasn’t been allowed sooner  DUIS.  If they are not permitted, illicit market sales will flourish.  Everything and anything about it. We have little children and  If treated to the same standards as alcohol and tobacco sales don’t want them expose to these paraphernalia. Please do not there should be no impact to our youth. None of these should pass this bill as this is detrimental to the betterment of our really be an issue if handled properly. societies and will have a negative overall impact.  I'm concerned about a boom-and-bust cycle that is expected for  Gateway drug leading to other drug issues any state launching a new marijuana market. Dover is struggling  Gateway drugs. to improve its downtown. Opening marijuana stores will not  general degradation of society. Number of folks using it will likely enhance the appearance or safety of our historic Capital city. increase. Impact on teens is inevitable. Comparing marijuana's  I'm more worried about how licenses will be handled, will benefits as compared to alcohol is like comparing a small sin to a business get more help than people. Our state has a track record larger one. That said, its use is ubiquitous. 15 46

Item 1. for businesses, our people should prop up and own most of the  Marijuana is now a legal product in Delaware. There should be businesses. no additional restrictions on a legal product. Existing ordinances  impact on health, well-being and quality of life for all Dover protect against noise, pollution, etc. residents, especially children  Missing out on economic value of excluding marijuana sales and  Impact on health. We know that second smoke is a health risk. production for our City We also know that marijuana carries health concerns. We have  Mo concerns regulated cigarettes because of the effects of second hand  More availability to purchase marijuana will mean more residents smoke. The same should apply to marijuana. using marijuana which I believe will result in increased traffic  Impact on small businesses in the area. accidents due to impairment and crime.  Improper use around children, while operating motor vehicles,  More Homeless performing work with risks of injury to third parties. Lack of regard  More homelessness while using in public spaces is already a problem, encouraging  More traffic accidents use through increased access is not going to help.  motor vehicle accidents due to intoxication  Increase in criminal activity  Multiple Health issues for recreational users  Increase in homeless and additional drug use  My biggest concerns are health and environmental impacts that  Increased impact on State and Federal needs based programs. any manufacturing and industry bring into an area.  Increased Loitering  My concern is that if weed is legalized they won't legalize Delta 9  Increased police presence and It would still be set at 0.3% but it should be a lot higher so  Individual sobriety which impacts ethical and timely decision they get all of the benefits I use it for medical purposes but Delta making for self and others 9. % should be 29% or higher  Individuals under the influence on streets and sidewalks.  My husband and I have personally had negative health impacts Increased drug use. from "second-hand" marijuana smoke in our building. Additionally,  It impairs the ability to drive safely. I live on a 4 way stop corner. opening the door for one such drug just increases the likelihood Someone ran the stop sign and slammed into the back of a that other worse ones will follow. This is very dangerous. properly parked SUV.  N/A  It will make a negative impact on quality of life and the  N/A community’s atmosphere  n/a  It will most likely increase the illegal use of other harmful drugs.  N/A  It will not have an negative impact  N/A  It’s a gateway drug to narcotics, ATS, synthetic, etc.  N/A the criminalization of marijuana, a safe plant to ingest, has a  It’s just a gateway to increase the already massive drug and more significant negative impact on the community, especially crime related issues in the city. How about getting a handle on all marginalized identifies within the community, than recreational the pan handling, and crime, and cleaning up this Capital city? legalization, sales, and manufacturing.  It's a gateway drug.  Need to make sure youth and anything marijuana related are  I've personally lived in a town that allowed marijuana sales and truly separated. Think the retail stores should have similar laws to there were much more traffic accidents due to people smoking in liquor stores and the license application process. their cars and driving impaired because of marijuana. It's  Negative effects on our community dangerous plain and simple!  Negatively effecting the character of downtown Dover that many  Lack of adequate parking. are working to build up. Impact on other non-drug related  Leads to harder drugs and outside gangs crime. businesses of having a proliferation of drug related businesses  Like cigarettes, I think Marijuana products should be heavily downtown. taxed. This would provide more tax revenue and put the price  Negatively effects family values point above what the majority of minors could afford from third  No parties.  No  Loitering and homeless  No  Lost our values as a human being.  no  Making people lazy and having their senses not all there by being  No concern in a fog from smoking weed. But I know it’s all about the money  No concern being made from this. Politicians care less about the everyday  No concerns people who live among the crime, drugs, homelessness  No concerns  Marijuana is a gateway drug that leads to usage of other drugs,  No concerns such as cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and others. This  No concerns will also lead to greatly increased healthcare costs and fewer  No concerns healthcare resources available for other medical needs.  No concerns  Marijuana is a mind altering drug which will bring nothing good to  No concerns our city. Homelessness and poverty will increase along with a  No concerns lower standard of living both financially and morally. Please do  no concerns not allow this.  No concerns at all you should be more vested in getting heroin Flacca 16 47

Item 1.  No concerns it should be no different than liquor stores  none  No concerns what so ever. Have the powers that be visit  NONE Maryland, Nevada, New York or New Jersey. Dover currently has  None Medical Marijuana facilities and no one really pays any attention  None to them. Dover is making a big deal about nothing.  None  No concerns! It would make Delaware a lot of money! We could  None build a local solar powered /wind powered train in Delaware with  None the money it brings to the state ! Marijuana is a healing herb  none please treat it like one !  none  No concerns  None  No more than the ones created my alcohol related facilities  None  No negative impacts…  None  No problems. It's neither a dangerous product nor process. If  None alcohol is ok, cannabis should be even more acceptable.  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  NONE  none  None  None  None  None  None  NONE  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None  none  None  None  None  None  None  none  None  None  None hopping it helps crime lower  None  None I think it would do good for the city if placed in the right  None spots.  none  None if they are properly controlled.  None  None it’s legal and should be available. Taxes from it could go to  None our schools.  None  none of the above  None  None of the above  none  None of the above. We have multiple liquor stores, bars &  none breweries & we know cannabis is safer than alcohol.  None  None of them  None  None of these options are a concern to me  none  None!  None  None! Alcohol is way worse.  None  NONE! It'd be nice if we could have retail stores in place during  None my lifetime, especially since it's LEGAL.  None  None, it's happening all over now... Pot heads are mellow, low  None crime alcohol have potential to be mean and reckless  None  None, just like alcohol, you have to be of legal age to purchase.  None  None.  None  None.  none  None.  None  None.  None  none. alcohol is worse. 17 48

Item 1.  NONE. Everyone has been smoking weed before recreational -  The city is already facing significant issues around this will just help limit the black market. Marijuana is a beautiful homelessness, drug abuse and an increase in prostitution. Petty plant that helps many alignments so limiting resources to medical crime, theft and issues around trash are at a too high of a level. patients & ppl that cant afford a card is cruel.  The city loosing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of money they  None. I hope the people making this decision will visit retail sites are passing up because of this survey. in other communities to understand that a dispensary is really no  The city needs to fix other major issues before even looking at different than a liquor store or pharmacy this  None. Let people do what they want as long as they are not  The City of Dover is in chaos and you want input on where the causing harm to others. best place to manufacture drugs would be in our city? You must  None. They can help drive business, economic development, and be joking? These new laws are the reason for all the crime, the tourism. run down businesses and boarded up homes.  None. This is a very biased survey. The only choices you’re  The City's downtown is already almost unlivable and impossible suggesting here are either no restrictions at all, or heavy to do business in. Drug peddling, prostitution and vagrancy have restrictions or outright banning it. For once, City of Dover, do the quickly increased. Establishing centers that attract legal users will right thing and stop standing in the way of progress. destroy shopping, family and tourist activities.  Not being able to identify and enforce D.U.I. Issues in regard to  The facility staff kept safe during business hours and facility kept Marijuana intoxication. safe after business hours  Nothing  There isn't any concerns  Nothing  There should be no foundation upon which allowing these  nothing operations to exist in Dover. Just like alcohol, it's risks of  Nothing impairment is high and likely to impact the safety of motorists and  Nothing at all pedestrians alike.  Nothing it’s a plant  There will be an increase in trafficking  Nothing only positive will come from this  There would be less zombies walking around  Nothing really  This is a bogus question. There is no evidence that this is so.  Nothing, i think small crimes would go down with people 21+  This is bad all the way around allowed to enjoy bud in the safety of their own home and think  This proposal in no way would assist the multi million dollar about all that school money you can use with all the weed revitalization efforts! The odor alone would be so off putting (just income. drive down State college road with your windows down!) Other  Once again it should be treated the same as alcohol. than obvious $ gains,, I see NO benefit for Dover!  Only benefit  This question seems inappropriate as the state of Delaware has  Only concern is we will need more facilities. And not just Dover. approved the sale. Most people grow it in their basements and  Over- population of marijuana businesses excluding other types gummies are more preferable. of businesses. A smoke shop every other store front is off putting  This should have never been passed in the first place. Do you  Parking congestion and also congestion of crowds may be want someone high on MJ on the highway with you? Teaching or unsafe do to increase of foot traffic it may bring. To keep foot daycare-tending your children? traffic moving along safely we need more sidewalks for around  This will flip the city of Dover upside down. There is already so and leading up to retail areas. much crime. Please do not bring any marijuana facilities to Dover.  Promoting drug use  Too available to youth  Regulations on crops, size, transportation between states,  Totally against use of marijuana. Would open a can of worms. trafficking, security at these facilities.  Traffic issues -- accidents. Accessibility by substance addicts.  Shirt and long term health consequences. Encouraging drug use  Travel and tourism will be adversely affected. will not end well in many ways. This is not pleasing to God and  Violence and increased black market products will destroy the mind, body, and spirit of the user  Violent crimes will increase  Slippery slope, opens us up to further crime activities, organized  We are already dealing with a drug addiction surge, if this isn’t or otherwise. How about the lynching just outside of town last adding any financial gain to the City, we do not need to carry the week, cartel, drug dealing related. Wake the hell up. This should expenses that having this added activities will bring not even be under consideration.  We are having a drug addiction problem as it is so adding drugs  Spiritual and moral weakening of our population in light of to an already problematic situation is ludicrous. We already have security challenges from without and within our country state city serious crime so lets not add more folks with skewed judgement.  stagnation of humans desire to be motivated to grow in jobs, Our youth should not have yet another free choice to drg knowledge, and community.  We need to revitalize downtown. More retail can be one way to  Stop trying to act like it’s going be any worse than the liquor and do it. cigarette stores that are on every street corner.  Route 13 is already loaded with vape stores. Please, no more.  That there won't be enough of them and concerned the  Whether some of the revenue will go back to communities government won't put the money back into the community to help  Worried there won't be enough of them the people  You have no parking now let alone when you sell Marijuana. If you want sell smoking pieces there fine. But your going to have a line to check IDs. Having a open door policy is not going to work. 18 49

Item 1.  Other – None  DUI  Other – Decrease crime  Other – Will lead to more drug use and vagrancy issues for  Other – None business and police.  Other – No type DUI safeguards or regs in place  Just moved from MD to DE none for the above even remotely  Other – increase behavioral health demands on limited facilities happened. Just very large tax revenues.  Other – gateway to other drugs, fentanyl, etc. I love all of my  Health Impact brothers and sisters  It is addictive  Other – groups of people hanging out  Other – Unforeseen issues in regulated policies  Other – Intrastate crime and interstate crime  Stupidity!  Other – gateway drug  Deaths  Other – drug dealers increase  Other – Cause mental health issue  Other – Do we have enough water & electric. Zoning impact and  Contact wanting money to purchase week growth  None. I live less than a mile from a retail store and have seen  Other – precursor to addiction – impacts brain cells especially in zero impact besides increase of traffic. adolescents  No concerns  Other – We have enough people hanging downtown  N/A  Other – None!  Quality of people  Other – Addicts  None  Other – Traffic accidents due to impaired drivers  Impaired driving  Other – Increase water usage  Dangerous drivers. Too many ignore stop signs and red lights.  All of the above We have too many drug and alcohol addicts driving now.  Other - impaired drivers  Health  Other – Addicts come into Dover  N/A  Car Base  Control  Other – Parking  Attracts wrong element  Other – Negative impact on our law enforcement officers and  Trash citizens  Driving under influence  Other – causes addiction to the use of it and other drugs  Panhandlers  Other – Schizophrenia put weeds living on my property  Need odor control  Other – People with respiratory problems  None  Other – I see no reason that this is a good idea.  Increase in intoxicated customers in my place of business  Other – Increase of drug addicts migrating into the city and  Increased need for police management surrounding areas  Not important  Other – Acceleration drug use  Not important  Other – Where will the money go?  Increased traffic and possibly introduction to area of other drugs &  Other – Looks Trashy paraphernalia.  Other – Crime  None exist    Other – Totally against legal marijuana for recreational use.  People high and driving  Other – since dispensaries are necessarily a cash only business,  No weed there are a lot of robberies  Will only have good benefits  Other – Potential for “Stoner” culture to grow  No Drugs  Other – Impaired driving risk due to increase use  Do you want your children to stand at night on the street buying  Other – Not at all and/or smoking 1 &2? No  Other – Quality of life  Gateway Drug  Impact on youth – Marijuana use in children (10-12) and teens in  All nuts if you do dover is already out of control. My kids go to Dover High School,  Fear and it is used heavily daily by probably the majority of students. A  Impaired activity, Driving, Walking and Common sense large reason for all of the behavior issues at Dover High School. If  Operating cars/equipment under the influence it is easier to get this will be worse.  None, kids get much more dangerous, legal are resale it.  Odor – Also the smell when driving around town & on RT 13 is  People driving while high, promotes lazy lifestyle. awful – guaranteed people are smoking and driving. My kids are  mental problems, homelessness about to be driving on their own so it is a major concern for us that  illegal at federal level. they will drive high or encounter others who are.  old post office location. 19 50

Item 1. “Other” responses to Question 15: What potential benefits do you see in allowing marijuana related facilities in the City of Dover?  Marijuana related facilities will benefit recovering addicts. Science  Decreased criminalization of non-dangerous substances, better has shown that individuals addicted to hard drugs have used personal freedom to control and treat ailments and mental health, marijuana to combat withdrawals and associated side effects. as well as increased revenue and removing the necessity of  A decrease in racialized policing in which non-white individuals having people selling it illegally. can no longer be falsely targeted related to "marijuana crimes."  Definite revenue booster to offset City and County Property The "War on Drugs" was an effort to increase racialized policing Taxes.... and needs to be repaired, starting with industry access  Don't see a benefit to ends justifying the means.  Absolutely no benefit at all  Dover can't even control the crime, speeding and homelessness  Absolutely NO benefits whatsoever that you currently have. Allowing this in Dover is an issue to  ABSOLUTELY NO POTENTIAL BENEFITS AT ALL!!! monitor & something that you will never be able to put back in  Absolutely none! Pandora's box. The "personal use" odor is horrible in Dover  ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!!  Dover needs to address other issues first such as crime, drugs,  Absolutely none. prostitution, and homeless. Just drive downtown and open your  Access for those who need it for rehab or medical needs. eyes.  Access to alternative medicines for those who qualify.  Dover was listed as the 5th most dangerous city in Delaware.  Accessibility to the public  Downtown Dover needs to be marijuana free. The people that  All of the above come and purchase are likely those with the finds to purchase,  All of the above. Let people do what they want as long as they however, are unlikely to spend time supporting local businesses. are not causing harm to others. Congestion for this purpose makes little sense.  All short term benefits for long term decline.  Extra economic revenue can open opportunities for or creating  Assisting in the breaking of out dated and unfair stigma and funding for reforming capital School District. Reading levels are stereotypes placed against cannabis consumers embarrassingly low as a whole and we have little resources to support students one on one.  Beneficial  Finally, decriminalization for the possession of marijuana.  Better access for eligible residents. Fairness matters!  Better medically graded product accessible to those who need it  Find another way!  Better quality of life!  For some people help with mental health issues  Better than alcohol  Freedom  can enhance public health by ensuring safe access to cannabis,  Freedom to medicate the way you want reduce illicit market activity, attract tourism, create community programs funded by cannabis revenue, and promote social equity  Generally relaxed and friendlier demeanor. through inclusive business opportunities.  Gives people access to safe marijuana so they don’t have to buy  Cheaper prices for medical Marijuana if we increase supply off the street  collect a sales tax  Go visit San Francisco and ask the residents there how things are going.  Contribution to taxes  Grants given to local business owners from minority groups that  Creating a legitimate market for a product that people will use were unfairly and overly policed for marijuana related crimes regardless allows for users to source that product from a would be a step towards transformative justice. These shops reputable business as opposed to taking chances with laced or should not have large scale corporate ownership if possible. incorrectly cured flower.  Happiness  Crime and criminal activity will increase. Our communities would run down quickly. The city is too small for all of this activity.  Happy & Healthy citizens!!!  Crime Decrease  Healthier citizens and lower healthcare costs  Death Growth. Undergraduate students, more sexual assault and  Help keep the money in our country and keep organized crime more delinquent, etc. families  Decrease in crime (perhaps) because it would be legally  Help people with anxiety, food disorders and medicinal purposes accessible like cancer patients  Decrease in taxes due to increased revenue from marijuana and  Help the city & state get out of debt like the state of Colorado did. more support for community with this revenue  Hey, it's Michael. Ohio is nice, but it's wild that since I've moved  Decrease of opioid use. here they've legalized marijuana and are going to beat Delaware to retail, given the head start we had. I think it's a great idea for  Decreased crime Dover, especially downtown. Wishing you the best  Decreased Crime  I believe Marijuana retail stores should require a membership for  Decreased crime due to more availability, decreased citizens in customers to shop there. Membership fees could help maintain jail for marijuana, increased awareness of benefits of marijuana / the facility and security. Also, membership allows stores to a shift in public perception about marijuana / decreased stigma enforce a code of conduct from members, may help with behavior surrounding marijuana  I do NOT believe there will be any benefits  Decreased crime. 20 51

Item 1.  I do not see any benefit having anything marijuana related in the  It will better the city as a whole ! Dover doesn’t have much to City of Dover. Other cities that have allowed it, regret it. We are offer as it is now , malls are closed or empty Festivals were taken working so hard to make Dover a true capital city. We do not away. All events in town, profit doesn’t go to benefit of the city. need marijuana in any fashion being part of that. Dover needs some type of revenue.  I do not see any benefits to allowing marijuana facilities within the  It will send more cars into the junk yard or to a repair place city of Dover or the greater Dover area. Marijuana is a mind- increasing their businesses profits. altering drug, and will not have positive effects in the community.  It’s important marijuana is controlled because of fentanyl in street  I do not see any benefits whatsoever to the city in allowing drugs. To protect the public the government needs to assure that Marijuana related facilities to be established. the marijuana is pure just like any other pharmaceutical.  I do not support marijuana facilities  It's all positive  I don’t know  I've been wanting Dover Delaware to open your doors to the  I don't live in Dover, but I work in Dover. There wasn't an option future though marijuana for example I don't like drinking but I wish for me to put that so I am putting it here. they would be another option like smoking marijuana and options  I don't see any benefits allowing marijuana sale in city of Dover. from California growers  I don't see any benefits.  Keeping the $$$ that Delawareans spend on cannabis here in  I don't see any economic benefits outweighing the increased use Delaware - and believe me, they do instead of sending it to of marijuana, increased crime, attraction of lower class to the Maryland and NJ area, and the ultimate negative impact on our youth. There isn't a  Leave people alone and let em smoke. They’ll be nicer. trade-off.  Less Black men getting arrested for non violent crimes  I don't support any marijuana activities in Dover  Less crime  I really don’t see an overall benefit. Yes there will be job creation,  Less crime (a safe access point) increased licensing revenue and economic growth from the new  Less crimes related to Marijuana industry but the costs to society outweigh any economic benefit.  Less dependency on pharmaceutical companies.  I SEE A NO BENEFITS IN ALLOWING MARIJUAHA  Less to buy off streets ANYWHERE. OUR SON WAS ADDITCTED WHEN HE WAS  Let police focus on more serious crime. Marijuana use is NOT a ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND IT LED TO ANOTHER ADDICTION, positive for society but its use shouldn't be criminalized any more OFF THE STREET PAIN PILLS. THIS IS NOTHING MORE so than alcohol use. THAN GREED AND THE LOVE OF MONEY WHICH IS THE  Marijuana is a stepping stone for worse drugs. However, I do ROOT OF ALL EVIL. think people in severe pain or cancer should be able to use this  I see no benefit drug.  I see no benefit at all. If this decision goes ahead it will destroy  More peaceful our youth. Also increase motor vehicle accidents. Please say no!!!  Na  I see NO BENEFIT of any kind in promoting drug use.  Na  I see no benefits at all.  No benefit  I see none but a further downgrading if the city.  No benefit  I see that there is benefits in marijuana business but only if you  No benefit don't need a medical card especially if we allow Delta 9  no benefit percentage to be higher like 29% or higher but They will be less  No benefit at all. The sale and production of marijuana should be weed related crime Plus we allow alcohol that kills people illegal.  I see ZERO benefit to allowing marijuana-related facilities in the  No benefit at all. I would hope people would move out of Dover City of Dover. We are already the armpit of the State! Sussex and leave it to the ones who want drugs and homeless people county is growing as is the Middletown area while Dover making Dover a haven for crime and all kinds of ungodliness. It continues to deteriorate. Say NO to allowing this in our city! amazes me that I am even filling this out about allowing this.  If were to have a limited amount of retail stores, we could reap  No benefit to the City of Dover. This will only harm our youth and benefits of potential tax revenues. 13 corridor would present a minority communities. We have seen this throughout our country. negative image for city, most areas would be in close proximity of Please do not make a deal with the devil for money. It never residential/school/hospital/daycares. Limited Venues works.  Income from marijuana. People buy it anyway, so at least the city  No benefit! Do the research on long-term impact in CO/etc not can collect additional revenue & taxes. Plus it will regulate how just quick tax revenue. people buy it instead of buying it illegally on the street.  No benefit! It is failing in other states/cities. Do the research on  Increase in visitors, for purposes of making purchases will trickle long-term usage not just quick tax revenue. down to other stores in the area. EC growth  No Benefit!!!  Increased agricultural growth  no benefit.  Increased foot traffic in downtown Dover to support other  No benefit. businesses and justify the parking garage the city is building.  No benefit.  Increased job security for specific agencies  No benefits  It will be a lot of problems here in Dover, too many Crimes an  No benefits Killing here for an Family, I’m surely against the Marijuana being  No benefits here in Dover, DE  No benefits 21 52

Item 1.  No benefits  None  No benefits to the City by allowing marijuana related facilities.  None  No benefits, it should not be allowed, and if it is approved I’m  none sure it will be located in the minority areas!  None  No benefits, only downside  None  No benefits.  None  No benefits. Dover already has enough issues with drug abuse  None and attracting young families. Place looks like shit, smells like  None skunk, etc.  None  No benefits. The city already has a drug and gang problem  None  No one has stopped using marijuana since I was in college in the  None sixties. Why is city making a mountain out of a mole hill? It  None should be regulated like normal products like alcohol, cigarettes,  None and the like.  NONE  No positive benefits.  None  NO potential benefits, only negative consequences  none  None  none  None  None-  None  None The shorter term $$$$ is so not worth it! Price too high  None for current and future Dover residents!  NONE  None NO BENEFITS what so ever  None  None above  None  None at all. Brings nothing but trouble to city & towns.  NONE  None crime will rise  None  None more trouble and crime and trash and accidents  None  None of the above  None  None of the above!  NONE  None see enclosed responses!  None  None that make it worth wile for the burden that will come as a  None result of allowing it.  NONE  None this is a gate way drug. And drug dealers will have to make  None their Marijuana more potent by mixing other drugs with it to keep  None there users. The state is now a drug dealer, and you want the city  None to be a dealer. The whole population at risk  None  None whatsoever  None  None!  None  NONE!  None  NONE!  None  None!  None  None!  None  None! I expect the health care costs to exceed the benefits.  None  None! It should be illegal! It is a gateway drug!  None  None! People under the influence of any substance is so easy to  None control! Lack of judgement and increased social issues. Marijuana  None is just the first step towards a life of addiction. If it is not allowed to  NONE smoke regular cigarettes, how come this is?  None  None! Robin - fire that idiot police Commissioner and get  none someone who's serious about combating crime. You allow this,  None the door is open for further infiltration, penetration of the cartels,  None street gangs. Clean this city up or leave office.  None  None!  None  None, as stated above.  none  NONE, Just a huge Liability  NONE  None, opening up the use of marijuana very dangerous. What  None drug would be next.  None  None.  None  None.  None  NONE. I SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR WAY OF LIFE. 22 53

Item 1.  None. It’s sad you can’t go anywhere anymore with people  Safer options for pain management. driving and smoking just because it’s legal. Unless we are policing  Social areas our people this is not the way to go.  Social equity in existing industry  None. Marijuana is still a federally controlled substance. Drugs  Some kind of control. If you decide to ban these facilities they are drugs. Ban guns and constitutional rights but allow legal sale will end up right at the city line where you have no control and will of weed to make a buck... see none of the benefits listed above. It’s legal now. Nothing  None. There are no benefits only problems. council does will change that fact.  None. Zero. It will only bring down our state’s capital  Stoned morons will not need to drive to locations elsewhere in  NONE. DONT SMOKE! the county.  None. I am originally from Delaware and have worked as a social  Tax revenue worker for many years. I currently work in Dover. Increased drug  Tax revenue increase. use always has a negative effect on children and results in more  THC has been used for addiction treatment and has been proven crime. Please keep these facilities out of Dover. to be successful. An ME once told me THC does not hold the  None. I have seen how marijuana has impacted youth and young same mode of addiction as heroin does (it’s psychological, not adults. It began as occasional use, then more regular use, finally physical). This will improve the community all around. leading to narcotics.  The benefits do not out way the damage it will do to the city  None. Increase Crime, decrease property values, and destroy  The city can collect sales tax lives.  The downtown is already not very friendly for the public, so any  None. It will only cause more problems and attract stoners to our other business that is questionable is not a good idea. city. Who will take responsibility for the increase in DUIs? And an  The government should not be allowed to assign licenses for any increase in traffic fatalities? legal activity. Making a license for a right is abhorrent to the  None. Whoever is in office during the allowance of such constitution, any government entities that do so should be establishments I will be sure to rally to vote out next election immediately terminated.  Not a benefit  The number one benefit in my opinion is medicinal related  not a benefit without the use of medical cards that hinder people from certain  Not a dam thing things  Nothing  The only benefit would be profit, but it's not worth the damage  Nothing ! done.  Nothing good can or will come from recreational Marijuana  The top dogs get rich and the under privileged are offered yet legalization. another substance to create an issue that could be life changing  Nothing good will become of this. and hinder the growth of a successful determination to better  nothing positive can benefit from this themselves. Please don’t do this. Please.  one of the many potential benefits of uplifting marijuana related  There are no benefits businesses is the dissolution of the local stigma against medical  There are no benefits and recreational users.  There are no benefits  Only benefit will be to the city for the revenue not worrying about  There are no benefits other than increasing crime, violence and public safety and teen age exposure mental health issues.  Only plant for creating jobs; but not having stores around  There are NO potential benefits to having marijuana facilities  Out compete the illicit market, and thereby decrease related anywhere in Delaware. We already have gang/crime issues with crime ; increase property value; etc. limited police protection. All this does is bring more of the shady  Perhaps an end to the fear mongering we’ve lived with all of my characters from New York and PA to Delaware. life?  There are none.  Possible health benefits for those that weren't able to access it  There is no benefit before.  There is no benefit  Put the street dealers out of business, and maybe fewer people  There is no benefit refer back to question 14 will drink alcohol.  There is no benefit to the citizens of Dover  Recreational marijuana should be taxed same as tobacco  There is no benefits products. It will cause as many health issues as regular smoking.  There is no benefits. I fully disagree and reject any and all Plus law enforcement needs to be able to pull cars over from the marijuana usage. smell of pot. Smoking pot/drinking driving should be treat same.  there might be economic and financial benefits in the short term  Reduce illegal black market that is thriving today. but in my view, having marijuana products, facilities etc in the city,  Reduced crime though legal is a bad idea in the long term in my view.  Reduction in crime and violence, increased property values,  There should be no potential benefit for marijuana facilities in the fewer empty storefronts downtown, reduced opioid consumption City of Dover. and reductions in overdose deaths. Life and vitality to the city.  There would be no good benefit, only increased problems. City is more attractive to Millennials and Gen-Zers. Please do not let this destroy our great little city.  Regulated controls  Tourist Dollars  Safer communities, reduced access by minors, reducing the illicit  We don't need any of this within the City limits. market, safer products, less burden on law enforcement. 23 54

Item 1.  What is the difference between liquor stores everywhere? As an  Other – Hopefully it would prevent users from buying from dealers employee in downtown dover, I am in support of retail marijuana & getting marijuana “laced” with something stronger (Fentanyl) for stores. Other drugs and alcohol are the problem down here. example.  WHEN SHOPPING IN STORES I DO NOT LIKE THE SMELL OF  Other - Zero Benefits THOSE USING MARIJUANA  Other – None  Will begin to stop the stigma against the use of the plant.  Other – Crime Hopefully, people will hear about all the medical properties it has.  Other – Neg. Social Impact  Zero benefits  Other - There are no benefits that will offset the negatives  Zero benefits. All this will do is make more people sell it illegally.  Other – Fewer street dealers. You don’t know the quality/safety of  Other – None street weed.  Other – I do not see any potential benefits but medical marijuana  Other – The city needs to oversee these retail stores and all other for patients with terminal conditions aspects of legalizing marijuana.  Other – Less alcohol consumption  Other – Just as liquor needs moderation so does this.  None of the above! (No benefits)  Other – and for health reasons that are not terminal like sleeping  Other – Do not see any benefits  Other – none of the above. While working I have witnessed poor  Other – I don’t think it is good around for the city and in residential job performance, bad forces. Keep marijuana out of Dover, City or the economics. has enough problems, crime as it is & a bad reputation for crime.  Other – decreasing putting people in jail for possession of drugs Devils workshop. Be cautious! or smoking it.  Other – no benefits/use in crime. Marijuana is a pathway for the  Other – No benefits use of more dangerous drugs.  Other – property tax increase. Bring people downtown to spend  Other – Test have proven that marijuana inhibits one’s mind, money in all retail shops. particularly while driving a vehicle.  Other – None! These facilities should be on the agricultural areas  Better Regulation of marijuana products – The only plus is that it of Dover. Not in or close to the City of Dover! would hopefully not be laced with other worse drugs. Overall, our  Other – I am not sure children are suffering because they do not see the harm they are  Other – There are not any benefits. doing to themselves and one it is a habit, they do not have the  Other – Taxes! maturity yet to be able to stop. This is going to be a major  Other – Keep drug dealers off the street? problem as this generation goes into adulthood with substance  Other – There are no benefits issues.  Other – None on a cost/benefit basis  No Benefits!  Other – No benefit to citizens  Do not allow these facilities at all! What do not you understand  Other - Don’t see any benefit about the word NO! No marijuana at all!  Other – No Benefit  None – Do not approve of recreational marijuana use but our astute legislature made this into law.  Other - N/A  Freedom to make choices in a human right  Other – Unknown  Other – Usage of already constructed empty buildings  Other – None should be allowed   Other – Stop helping cultivate addicts  Crime – the destroying of downtown dover same as parking  Other – Making it more like alcohol regulations garage. Please note my vehicle never got fixed or pay to fix it!  Other - Zero  None whatsoever  Other – Less government involvement in our lives  None   None  Other – Employment  More medical use  Other – Lower residential homeowner’s taxes, lower property  None taxes, school/city/county tax reform for Dover residents. Share your wealth with us.  None  Other – Tourism  None, find another way to grow the economy in and around the City of Dover.  Other – There are no benefits to this drug  None that I know of.  Other – No benefits in our beloved city!  None  Other – Crime increase  None – more addicts  Other – Absolutely none!  None  Other – Marijuana that is regulated & sold is safer that what people can buy on the streets! I’d much rather have people  None buying marijuana legally in a location that is only sells marijuana  Do not see benefits – if there were some, would be offset by than supporting a drug dealer who may have other dangerous negative results. drugs.  None  Other – Crime increase  None of the above  Other – Panhandlers employment  No potential benefits  Other – I don’t see how marijuana can make a community better!  Better regulations  Safer product 24 55

Item 1.  None  it has already shown how good it has been, people have already  Avoid illegal sales been good with compliance. Just let it go as is, no need to be in  Put illegal sellers out of business the middle of everything everyone does.  None  Don't see any benefits. "They" must want to see the city to go  None "downhill".  None  None – no positive benefit  This should’ve been started in the Nixon Admin instead the DEA was formed! Crazy!  Against  Absolutely against  Being able to purchase a safe product  Increase tax revenue  I don’t see any potential benefits  Reduced fentanyl and methadone use  Within the old city, none  Absolutely none. I do not support any type of drugs! Next you will want to make heroin legal! I was born and raised here it used to be a quiet place to live and raise a family now it has gone to HELL with no respect for police officers who risk their life  All the Above reasons sound good however, eventually the bad will outweigh the good.  More harm than good.  Against any drugs in City of Dover  None  Dope City  None at all than higher crimes  None, will lead to more drugs, crime and disorder  None Are you guys $$ hungry & could care less about our youth?  Culture, Quality of Life  Negative impacts make this question completely irrelevant.   safe marijuana free from other drugs mixed in that could harm users.  Marijuana is being widely used by our youth @ the HS Level. Major Issues!  Absolutely “NO” benefits marijuana anything will only further decline positive growth in Dover. Citizens of Dover are tired of seeing Dover run into the ground. Have some pride. We are supposed to be the capital of the first state Act like it! Choose better! Drugs destroy lives + families! ENOUGH!  The potential benefits don’t outweigh the cost of what having it will do the city.  Don’t be hypocrites! I never got one of these for alcohol. We voted it in, now just get out of the way!  Let’s be like Cali, stop with being dumb.  Other - Death  Never needed in my lifetime till now.  Absolutely "no" benefits marijuana anything will only further decline positive growth in Dover. Citizens of Dover are tired of seeing Dover run into the ground. Have some pride. We are supposed to be the capital of the First State. Act like it! Choose better! Drugs destroy lives and families. ENOUGH!  I have seen and smelled. No potential benefits. Kindness, goodness, patience, consideration, respect. People helping people.  What is happening to our morals? The state is taken over all the vices, etc. Is prostitution next? 25 56

Item 1. Dover Marijuana Regulations Survey The City of Dover is actively engaging with its residents to gather valuable input. With the legalization of marijuana in the State of Delaware, it is important to establish a comprehensive ordinance that outlines if and where marjuana businesses will be permitted in the City. Your participation in this process is important to ensure that the regulations are fair, just, and reflective of the community’s wishes. Your input matters, and together, we can shape a better and more inclusive future for Dover. 1. What is your age? 5. Do you support allowing any of the Under 21 21 - 34 35 - 44 following marijuana related uses in the City? (You can choose multiple responses) 45 - 54 55 - 64 Over 64 Indoor Product Cultivation Facility Manufacturing 2. What is your gender? Retail Store Testing Facility Male Female 6. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation, Non-Binary Prefer not to answer. manufacturing, and testing facilities in Industrial and Manufacturing zones with the City of Dover? 3. What Council District do you live in? Yes District 1 District 2 District 3 No District 4 I do not live in the City, but I own a business in the City. Uncertain I do not live in the City. 4. Which of the following policy options do you support? Note: if prohibited, it would still be legal for adults (21+) to 7. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation, possess marijuana within Dover City limits and use mari- manufacturing, and testing facilities in other juana on private propertty. Prohibition would NOT apply to locations within the City of Dover? If yes, please list medical marijuana facilities. possible locations. Dover should ALLOW recreational marijuana businesses within the City without any special Yes: restrictions. No Dover should ALLOW recreational marijuana businesses within the City with strong controls. 8. Do you support allowing marijuana cultivation Dover should only ALLOW some recreation- facilities in Agricultural zones with the City of al marijuana businesses within the City with Dover? strong controls. Yes Dover should PROHIBIT all recreational marijuana businesses from opening within City No limits. Uncertain Other: 57

Dover Marijuana Regulations Survey (Page 2) Item 1. 9. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores 13. How important is it that there be a buffer or along the Route 13/Bay Road Corridor within the minimum distance required between marijuana City of Dover? RETAIL STORES and the following types of places? Yes No Uncertain Not at all Somewhat Very Type of Place Important Important Important 10. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores Residential in Downtown Dover? Schools Yes No Uncertain Daycares Hospitals 11. Do you support allowing retail marijuana stores Parks in other locations within the City of Dover? If “yes” Rehabilitation please respond where in other section. Centers Yes No Other: 14. What concerns do you have about allowing marijuana related facilities in the City of Dover? 12. How important is it that there be a buffer or (You can choose multiple responses) minimum distance required between marijuana Increased Crime Traffic Congestion CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, and Decreased Environmental TESTING FACILITIES and the following types of property values Impact places? (Please denote with an ‘X’ under the appropriate column) Noise Odor Not at all Somewhat Very Impact on Youth Other: Type of Place Important Important Important Residential Schools 15. What potential benefits do you see in allowing Daycares marijuana related facilities in the City of Dover? (You can choose multiple responses) Hospitals Parks Economic Growth Job Creation Rehabilitation Increased Better Regulation of Centers Licensing Revenue Marijuana Products Other: Mail to: Or drop off at: • Dover Public Library City of Dover - Marijuana • Customer Services Survey (Weyandt Hall) Scan to complete online: PO Box 475 • City Hall lobby Dover, DE 19903 • John W. Pitts Rec Center. 58

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