Conway residents voted unanimously Monday night to remove the town’s temporary moratorium on recreational marijuana.

Conway Planning Board’s recreational marijuana regulations were approved at Monday night’s special town meeting at the Conway Grammar School.

All 82 Conway residents voted in favor of the regulations, which allows marijuana cultivation farms to operate indoors and outdoors, as long as they minimize noise, odor, and lighting.

Pot businesses would also need to be at least 500 feet away from schools and acquire a special permit throughout the town.

Conway Town Administrator Tom Hutcheson told 22News, “The town voted to remove the moratorium and accept the planning board zoning amendment with some of the changes that were made as a result of the public hearing.”

Hutcheson said the Planning Board did make one change to the regulations at the special town meeting. Any marijuana cultivator that is certified organic, would receive preference in the special permitting process.

Hutchesen said they haven’t been contacted by any recreational or medical marijuana companies yet, but local farmers have expressed interest in opening craft marijuana farms.

Conway residents vote on proposed regulations for marijuana businesses