The Town of Maple Creek says it's planning to allow a marijuana dispensary.

Maple Creek Council spoke about the topic at Tuesday nights meeting agreeing to approve of a possible cannabis store in the town.

Barry Rudd, Maple Creek mayor, said a pot store is very similar to some already established businesses. 

"It's an opportunity I guess, that's the way you have to look at it, it's like a liquor store," he said. "It's just that we want to do things right when we do it."

Rudd said there are a lot of pros and cons to having a dispensary located in Maple Creek.

"It is going to bring people in, and when they come here there aren't just going to buy that, there are going to stop and spend money," Rudd explained. "Then there is always the question and controversy over the driving and that kind of stuff, but that's up to the RCMP."

Saying yes to a marijuana store is the start of the process for Maple Creek and possibly the easiest one, Rudd said.

"The bylaw is always the tough one that," he said. "Where do you put because you don't want it in residential areas, you don't want it beside schools, you don't want it in your downtown core. Where does that leave it? I don't know."

According to the third-term mayor, the town has fielded a couple of inquiries about the possibility of running the store and some asking them to not allow it as well.

"We have to act quickly, but we also want some public feedback," he stated.

The Town now has to notify the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) that they would allow a pot shop to be located within Maple Creek before the February 28 deadline.

Thirty-six other municipalities, including the City of Swift Current, have until that date as well to opt-out if they don't want dispensaries.