BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The McLean County Board denied a special use permit for a proposed medical marijuana cultivation center on Tuesday, saying it would be more like a factory than a farm.

Board members voted 15-2 to deny the permit requested by Tim Jones, who wanted to build the facility on land he owns near the central Illinois village of Downs, The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported (http://bit.ly/XxYyry ).