The county has slowly loosened restrictions around medical marijuana after complaints that the rules were too strict when building north of Route 50 or north of the northeast shore of the South River. Pickard’s bill reduces those restrictions by requiring a 500-foot distance from residential properties. That line is measured from the entryway of the facility to the lot line of the residential zoned property. This is a reduction from 750 feet and a lot-to-lot measurement. Other distance restrictions were not changed.