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Greenhouses on a property in rural south Ottawa could become the city’s first legal marijuana grow operation if council approves the location and the company receives a licence from Health Canada.

Artiva, which is the medical cannabis arm of LiveWell Foods, wants to establish its indoor grow-op at 5130-5208 Ramsayville Rd. outside Greely, near the Hawthorne Industrial Park.

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The three-phase plan, outlined in a planning application filed at city hall, details how 549,000 square feet of greenhouse space would be converted from food production to marijuana production. A second production facility would also be added to the property.

“Because we’re setting a precedent, the city is making sure everything is in order, which is fine,” LiveWell co-CEO Seann Poli said Thursday in a phone interview from Calgary.

“At this point we’re not seeing any resistance.”

Artiva’s application to be a licensed medical marijuana producer is under review by Health Canada.