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Mansfield's paperwork trail, step by step

Richland Source checked every office a new dispensary has to clear, from city zoning to the state license, and reported where each stood.

November 14, 2025Local newsChapter 3

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Mansfield, Ohio / By Carl Hunnell

Mansfield may see second cannabis dispensary open by December

Ink drawing of a gavel, a clipboard checklist with two boxes ticked, a round stamp and a domed city hall — Drawn for The Garden Press

The short version

Richland Source reported on November 14, 2025 that King City Gardens planned The Garden Mansfield at 1099 W. Fourth St., in a building another cannabis company had remodeled but never licensed. The city signed off on zoning October 3; a provisional state license and certificate of operation were still to come.

The checklist

Where the Mansfield paperwork stood on November 14, 2025

City council / done
Voted 5 to 3 to allow up to three dispensaries
City zoning / done
Permitting director signed off October 3, 2025
State / pending
Provisional license expected within a week
State / pending
Certificate of operation from the Division of Cannabis Control

Every step as Richland Source reported it on November 14, 2025. The Mansfield store page has the current status.

What Richland Source reported

Carl Hunnell's story is a checklist. The building at 1099 W. Fourth St. had been bought and remodeled earlier in 2025 by Backroad Wellness, which never got its state license. King City Gardens took over the space and planned only cosmetic and branding changes.

Hunnell then checks the record. Mansfield council had voted 5 to 3 the year before to allow up to three dispensaries. The city's permitting director signed the zoning form on October 3. The state Division of Cannabis Control did not yet show a King City license in Richland County, and the company expected a provisional license within a week, then a certificate of operation.

“plans to open after some minor cosmetic and branding changes”
Brandon Cogozzo, Digital specialist, King City Gardens

Mansfield's first dispensary had opened in April 2025. The Garden would be the second.

What it means at the counter

1
The address is 1099 W. Fourth St., on Mansfield's west side.
2
Planned: a drive-thru and a full menu, from flower to tinctures and patches.
3
Opening depended on state approvals; the Mansfield store page has the current status.