LANSING — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has proposed limiting the number of recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries in the city to 28.

Schor has proposed an amendment to the city of Lansing’s marijuana ordinance which would add recreational marijuana to the types of licensed marijuana businesses allowed within the city, according to information released Friday.

The new ordinance would modify regulation of provisioning centers and marijuana retailers to be based on the number of locations, rather than the number of licenses. That means a single location could have both a medical and recreational license to dispense marijuana.

It also increases the number of dispensaries permitted in the city by three. The city's current marijuana ordinance limits the number of dispensaries to 25.

“Lansing voters overwhelmingly supported the legalization of recreational marihuana and we need a system that will appropriately regulate the number and location of dispensaries within the city,” Schor said in a press release. “The proposed amendment we sent to council ensures that we can allow the recreational and medical usage of marihuana in Lansing as supported by the voters, while also preventing an overabundance of locations of dispensaries in Lansing.”

The state of Michigan recently released emergency rules that allow any medical marijuana license holder in the state to be approved for a recreational license. The city of Lansing will not be a part of the licensing process unless it finalizes a regulatory structure for recreational marijuana by November 1, 2019, according to the release.

Lansing received 85 applications when it closed its first phase of medical marijuana dispensary licensing in December 2017. Lansing opened its second application phase in May. Businesses had a 30-day window, until June 27, to apply for license slots.

Schor's proposal wouldn't apply to the second phase, according to the news release.

Recreational marijuana became legal statewide in December 2018. Michigan voters first legalized medical marijuana in 2008, but it took the state nearly a decade to begin licensing and taxing the businesses that sell the drug.

Haley Hansen is the business and development reporter for the Lansing State Journal. Contact her at 517-267-1344 or hhansen@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @halehansen.