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Surprise's marijuana codes cleaned up

LDO reflects recreational pot's legality

The city of Surprise cleaned up its books on regulating recreational and medicinal marijuana in the city.

Now, it’s just a waiting game on whether a dispensary will be coming to the city any time soon.

The Surprise City Council voted unamiously Jan. 18 to accept what Ellen Van Riper, a city attorney, called “kind of a cleanup” to the city code.

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