Issaquah residents have until Thursday, August 8, to comment on a permit application from The Peaceful Choice Holistic Wellness Center, which hopes to open a collective garden at 175 1st Place Northwest, Suite C, in Issaquah.

The building is of mixed use, with residences above several storefronts. Neighbors question the location because nearby businesses such as Museo Art, Kaleidoscope Music and Chopin Music cater to youth. Young Life, which aids teens, is directly across the street from the proposed site.

A petition states that the city overlooked the Village Children’s Theater’s preschool and high school programs when creating the zoning, which should be more than 500 and 1000-feet away, but are less than 300-feet away. The city also did not consider the library, senior center or Railroad Museum which are nearby and are places of public assembly.

Depot Park is not called a park on the zoning buffer map, though it is called one on all other maps and on the sign, and part of it does fall less than the required 500 foot minimum from the proposed dispensary.

To view and/or sign the petition visit http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-medical-marijuana-dispensary-in-downtown/