Fairfield city council votes to allow 1 dual-use marijuana dispensary to open

Recreational marijuana is coming to Fairfield.On Monday night, Fairfield city council members approved one dispensary within city limits, which will be used for both recreational and medical marijuana.This comes after years of bans of any sort of marijuana business in town.A nine-month ban was placed on recreational marijuana dispensaries within the city limits in December.The city also banned medical marijuana dispensaries when those sales became legal in 2016.On Tuesday, that ban will end, so city council members made the decision to allow the dual-use dispensary.The dispensary will not be allowed within 500 feet of any school, church, library, public park or playground.Neighbors were divided about the issue last year, with concerns about the smell that a dispensary would bring. Since recreational sales started last month, the state’s Division of Cannabis Control has recorded more than $44 million in sales.Other cities in Butler County, including Hamilton, also have a ban in place.