“If the ordinance was failed this evening and we had to do amendments and bring it back, how long would that take,” Cobb asked Chacon. Local cannabis enthusiasts felt the regulation should be tied into water consumption.īefore the vote Mayor Sam Cobb and other commissioners had questions for Hobbs Deputy City Attorney Valerie Chacon regarding the amendment process if the ordinance is passed. Much of the ordinance’s regulation dealt with the number of plants. Following last week’s work session with local cannabis enthusiasts, it became clear to the commission members that amendments to Chapter 5.06 was needed. If the Hobbs commission voted to not pass the ordinances, it would have set the city up for possible litigation in the future from the state’s cannabis industry.Īnd even though the ordinances have passed, it doesn’t mean the commission is done. The commission members voiced their disapproval of the legalization of marijuana in the previous commission meetings, but the New Mexico Legislature’s approval of legalization during a special session earlier this year made their objections moot.

The amendment deletes the word “marijuana” from the chapter. Ordinance 1135 amends Chapter 9.28 of the Hobbs Municipal Code relate to drugs and drug paraphernalia. Ordinance 1133 adopts Chapter 5.06 of the Hobbs Municipal Code, which legalizes the possession, cultivation, manufacture and sale of cannabis.

Marijuana is now, officially, legal within the Hobbs city limits.ĭuring its Monday meeting, the Hobbs CIty Commission unanimously approved two city ordinances that changed language to reenforce that fact.

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