Berkley’s City Council recently approved a fifth and final business, Moses Roses, for a recreational marijuana license.
By: Mike Koury | Woodward Talk | Published December 7, 2022
BERKLEY — Berkeley’s last recreational marijuana business has been approved by the City Council.
At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Berkley City Council approved a marijuana license for Yellow Tail Ventures to operate its business at 3120 11 Mile Road. The business will open under the name “Moses Roses.”
“They are the fifth and final one to come before you, fifth and final of those that were allowed to proceed to the site plan process,” City Manager Matt Baumgarten said. The other businesses that have been approved were butter, Seven Point, Lume and Quality Roots.
Moses Roses was one of three businesses that tied for third place in Berkley’s scoring application process, along with Seven Point and Lume.
Aaron Geyer, representing Yellow Tail Ventures, told the City Council that the plan is to revitalize the building, which was built in 1965.
“We’re going to offer you an infrastructure that includes pervious pavers, and as everyone knows, you have a large amount of clay in your soil here in Berkley. So what happens when it rains? It pools, and it ponds. Our solution? Remove it,” he said. “We’re going to excavate 4 1/2 feet of clay, which not only helps our facility, but also helps the neighboring facility because their water is going to naturally want to drain through our system.”
In regard to concerns about parking, Geyer stated that the developers were required by ordinance to have 12 parking spots, but they were able to get 18 on-site, as well as an additional 14 spots through shared parking agreements with its neighbors.
“That gives us 33 combined spaces that allows for our staff and our customers to comfortably park, do their business, generate income for our city and not burden the neighborhood or burden the subdivisions,” he said.
The council voted 5-2 to grant the license to Moses Roses. The two no votes were Councilmen Steve Baker and Ross Gavin. Both men have voted in the past not to grant licenses to applications that were among the three businesses that tied in the scoring process.