Medical Marihuana Land Use Assessment Taxation

WHEREAS the Assessment Act may allow land with any land use zone to be classified as farm for assessment and taxation purposes; AND WHEREAS the production and distribution of marihuana should be classified as an industrial use and not a farm use, as it will create a tax burden on the community similar to other industrial uses, at a much greater level than the tax recovery on farm property would produce: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request that the provincial government amend the Assessment Act so that land and uses cannot be classified as a farm for assessment and tax purposes, if the land is used for the production and distribution of marihuana for medical purposes; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that farmland in BC not be used for the growth of medical marihuana.