On the eve of the application period for marijuana businesses, it appears the locations for them downtown may be limited.
Under regulations approved by the state Dec. 1, businesses must be 500 feet from schools, churches, jails, and recreational or youth centers.
Two Southeast towns larger than Haines – Sitka and Petersburg – say such buffer zones don’t work in their cities, where commercial districts extend just a few blocks.
Those communities have appealed the…