Borough Assembly slowly but surely crafts marijuana ordinance

The Petersburg Borough Assembly is a short step closer to drafting a complete marijuana ordinance.

Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht discussed the draft with the Borough Assembly at its February 1 meeting.

“In a sense what you’ve got in front of you is a framework,” Giesbrecht said. “I hate to call it anything other than that because it’s still definitely a work in progress.”

Borough Assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor and Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson are assisting in writing a skeleton of the ordinance that so far defines public spaces— where consuming marijuana is prohibited—and establishes...