When that happens, that’s usually a red flag,” Rice said. “We know that six states have banned kratom altogether, and other counties and cities have banned kratom altogether, and we know that Delta-8 is regulated in other states and cities. So we really have reached an immovable roadblock when it comes to working with some of the community members, but I do know that we still are working tirelessly to address that,” Owens said. And community leaders haven’t responded to us, or they’ve allowed the deadline to go without reaching back out. “There have been some deadlines that have hit where we have attempted to address the permit issue well before that deadline. Owens did not deny the apparent lack of permits, and said that the company’s construction team has been working “day and night” to address the issues.īut Owens qualified his statement by saying there have been obstacles. He added that no permits were ever requested, nor were they issued. “What had been done was a total renovation, demolition, walls were removed, and all that requires a permit.”
“The township only saw the inside once the paper was removed, the day they opened, and we immediately shut them down,” Rice said.
#Radnor township windows#
17.Īccording to Rice’s timeline of events, while renovations were being done on the store, paper was placed over the windows that made it difficult for inspectors, who had visited the location on several occasions, to look inside. However, a lack of township permits prevented the grand opening scheduled for Feb.
“Our intention was really just to bring that opportunity closer to them, as we knew we already had a great deal of customers in that region,” Owens said.Īfter renovating the space, the company planned a “soft” opening for Feb. Spencer Owens, government affairs specialist for CBD Kratom, said Radnor was chosen for the company’s new store because it determined that numerous customers in the area were commuting to its locations nearby. “The township did not walk into doing this ordinance lightly,” Rice said.ĬBD Kratom, which has more than 50 locations nationwide, including several in Philadelphia and a shop in Media, signed a 10-year lease for what used to be a Starbucks at 218 E. Prior to hearing confirmation of the lawsuit, Township Solicitor John Rice told WHYY News Wednesday that Radnor was prepared to fend off any litigation from the St. In its suit, filed Monday in Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, CBD Kratom seeks a declaration that the ban is targeted and “spot zoning,” and an order directing Radnor to provide the business with a certificate of occupancy. Supported Radnor Township’s purchase of 71 acres of crucial scenic & environmentally sensitive portions of the “Ardrossan” estate.WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor.We are part of a larger coalition working on the expansion of the Radnor Trail and promoting other trail enhancement & expansion projects.
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