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4 <br /> <br />(c) If the applicant is a resident of Little Canada. Applicants must provide proof of their <br />residence in Little Canada, Minnesota at the time of application. <br /> <br />2. Applicants will receive (5) points if they meet the following standard: <br />(a) If the proposed location is a single-tenant building, rather than where two or more business <br />uses are located within one structure or on one property. <br /> <br />3. In the event of a tie between applicants with the same total points, priority will be given to the <br />highest-scoring applicant who submitted their completed application first. <br /> <br /> <br />Staff have proposed to heavily favor single-tenant buildings due to experience of odor nuisances with <br />dispensaries in multi-tenant structures/shopping centers. <br /> <br />In Michigan, municipalities were frequently sued over how they handled these types of scoring/review <br />processes. Staff are open to and interested in adding additional standards for the award of points, but <br />whatever standards the City adopts must be objective, measurable, or clearly binary to avoid any <br />contestation over the evaluation of applications. <br /> <br />The Council should consider other preferences they may have for the location or operation of retail <br />cannabis businesses. Staff will work to include them for consideration in the event Little Canada does <br />receive competing applicants. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Provided the City Attorney approves of the proposed ordinances, city staff is supportive of the <br />ordinances as presented. The City Council should review the ordinances and provide feedback and <br />recommendations to staff for amendments/changes as it sees fit.