NILES FOUND THE MIDDLE GROUND
Responsible growth can bring investment and jobs. Retail still needs clear limits.
#VOTE • CITY OF NILES
NILES GOT IT RIGHT.KEEP IT THAT WAY.
Niles found the middle ground: welcome responsible investment, keep the number of pot shops in check, and protect the community we call home. Vote YES. Five is enough.
ONE PROPOSALVOTE YES
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR
Five is enough. Keep the guardrails.
5RESPONSIBLE LIMIT
STOP EXPANSIONVOTE YES
WHAT A YES VOTE DOES
Five means five.
A YES vote adopts a citywide maximum of five marijuana retailers.
It draws a firm line against more pot shops and puts that line in the hands of City voters. When this proposal passes, five means five.
Read the proposal below and vote YES to adopt the five-retailer limit.
KEEP THE GUARDRAILS
A maximum of five draws a firm boundary against more pot shops.
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
City voters have the final say on whether five will remain the limit.
A STRONGER & BETTER NILES
Protect what makes Niles worth calling home.
We are proud of our history, our riverfront, our peaceful surroundings, and the progress taking shape downtown. Niles should remain a good place to live, work, raise a family, and build a business.
The City has allowed marijuana businesses without letting them define our future. The proposal protects that balance through one citywide rule: a maximum of five marijuana retailers.
THE LINE WE ARE DRAWING: This proposal sets a citywide retail maximum. It does not ban marijuana businesses, and it does not change the separate rules that govern other license types.
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT
The City of Niles proposal
“amaximum of fivemarihuana retailers … are permitted in the city.”
ONE PROPOSAL. ONE CLEAR LIMIT.
City voters draw the line.
The ballot asks whether the City Code should be amended to permit a maximum of five marijuana retailers across the City of Niles.
CITY OF NILES PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MARIHUANA RETAILERS IN THE CITY OF NILES
It is proposed that the City of Niles Code of Ordinances, Section 54-534(a)(1) be amended to add the following the language:
(b) Notwithstanding 54-534(a)(1)(a), a maximum of five marihuana retailers as defined in MCL 333.27953(q) are permitted in the city.
Should this proposed amendment be adopted?
VOTE YES
CLEAR ANSWERS
What the proposal does.
Does it ban marijuana retailers?
No. The ballot language permits a maximum of five marijuana retailers in the City of Niles.
Why five?
Five preserves the middle ground Niles has already established. It allows legal retail while drawing a clear line against further expansion.
What about microbusinesses and other license types?
The City's adult-use ordinance separately allows a maximum of four microbusinesses. The ballot language sets a maximum for marijuana retailers and does not rewrite the separate rules governing microbusinesses, growers, processors, or other establishment types.
Why put the limit in the hands of voters?
Because a guardrail only works if it holds. A YES vote places the five-retailer maximum directly in the City ordinance through a vote of the people.
CITY OF NILES
NILES GOT IT RIGHT.
KEEP IT THAT WAY.
Responsible investment. Clear guardrails. A community whose future belongs to the people who live here.
Five is enough. This far, and no further.
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