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2. 2. <br /> CC Work Session <br /> Meeting Date: 09/24/2024 <br /> Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Promote economic growth and development. <br /> Information <br /> Title: <br /> Review Draft Ordinance#24-12, Cannabis Business Regulations <br /> Purpose/Background: <br /> Staff recommends City Council review and provide comments on the attached draft of Ordinance#24-12, To <br /> Regulate Cannabis Businesses. <br /> Chapter 342 of Minnesota Law was established by the State Legislature in 2023 and was updated in 2024. <br /> Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management(OCM) is the state regulatory office created to oversee the <br /> implementation and regulation of the adult-use cannabis market, the medical cannabis market and the consumer <br /> hemp industry. Chapter 342 establishes rules,policies, and regulates the Minnesota cannabis industry. OCM <br /> governs the application and licensing processes, conducts enforcement and inspection activities. <br /> The local government may impose certain retail timing restrictions,may limit the number of retail locations, and <br /> provide buffer and zoning guidelines; all of which are addressed in Chapter 342. City Council discussed these <br /> items at the February 13, 2024 work session. The meeting minutes are attached for your review. At the meeting, <br /> City Council discussed and provided staff with direction on time restrictions,number of retail locations,buffers <br /> and zoning guidelines. This information was then added to the model ordinance drafted by the OCM. The <br /> language in the ordinance remains the same as the draft provided by OCM,the text highlighted in yellow is the <br /> infilled information by staff as it pertains to the City of Ramsey. Per direction by the City Council,the following <br /> information was added to the draft ordinance: <br /> Retail Sales Timing: <br /> Number of Retail Locations: 2 locations. Chapter 342 requires at least 1 retailer and <br /> microbusiness/mezzobusiness with retail endorsements per 12,500 residents. <br /> Buffers: Prohibit the operation of a cannabis business within 1,000 feet of a school or 500 feet of a daycare, <br /> residential treatment facility or public park that is regularly used by minors, including playgrounds and athletic <br /> fields. <br /> Zoning: Retailers will be allowed in the B2 Commercial and B3 Regional business districts. Micro business <br /> with/without retail and Mezzo business with/without retail will be allowed in the I-1 Light Industrial and I-2 <br /> General Industrial districts. <br /> City Attorney is in the process of reviewing the draft ordinance. <br /> Notification: <br /> Introduction/1 st Reading: October 8, 2024 City Council <br /> Final Adoption: October 22, 2024 City Council <br /> 30-Day Publication: October 25 -November 25, 2024 <br /> Effective Date: January 1, 2025 <br /> During this time frame,the Zoning code will be amended to redefine the definition of manufacturing to allow for <br /> state-regulated cannabis cultivation: <br />