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<br />Little Canada City Code 827-7 <br />F. No one under the age of twenty-one (21) shall sell cannabis. <br />G. Cannabis products cannot be sold in vending machines, through a drive-through window or as <br />part of a home occupation. <br />H. No retail cannabis or lower-potency hemp edible product shall be visible from the exterior of the <br />building. <br /> <br />827.150 Compliance Checks. <br />A. Open to Inspection. All registered business premises must be open to inspection by the local <br />law enforcement or other authorized City officials during regular business hours. <br />B. Compliance Checks. From time to time, but at least once per year, the City or its authorized <br />agent will conduct compliance checks on registered retail businesses by engaging persons <br />between the ages of seventeen (17) and twenty-one (21) years, to enter the premises to attempt <br />to purchase cannabis and lower-potency hemp edible products. Persons used for compliance <br />checks are not guilty of the unlawful purchase or attempted purchase, nor the unlawful <br />possession of cannabis or lower-potency hemp edible products when the items are obtained or <br />attempted to be obtained as a part of the compliance check. No person used in compliance <br />checks may attempt to use a false identification misrepresenting the person’s age, and all <br />persons lawfully engaged in a compliance check may answer all questions about the person’s <br />age and shall produce any identification, if any exists, for which he or she is asked. Nothing in <br />this Section prohibits compliance checks authorized by State or Federal laws for educational, <br />research or training purposes, or required for the enforcement of a particular State or Federal <br />law. <br /> <br />827.160 Suspension of Registration <br />A. When Suspension is Warranted. The City of Little Canada may suspend a cannabis retail <br />business’s local registration if it violates the ordinance of the City of Little Canada or poses an <br />immediate threat to the health or safety of the public. The City of Little Canada shall <br />immediately notify the cannabis retail business in writing and state the grounds for the <br />suspension. <br />B. Notification to OCM. The City of Little Canada shall immediately notify the OCM, in writing, <br />the grounds for the suspension. OCM will provide the City of Little Canada and cannabis <br />business retailer a response to the complaint within seven (7) calendar days and perform any <br />necessary inspections within thirty (30) calendar days. <br />C. Length of Suspension. The suspension of a cannabis retail business local registration may be <br />for up to thirty (30) calendar days, unless OCM suspends the license for a longer period. The <br />business may not make sales to customers if their local registration is suspended. <br />1. The City of Little Canada may reinstate a local registration if it determines that the <br />violations have been resolved. <br />2. The City of Little Canada shall reinstate a local registration if OCM determines that the <br />violation(s) have been resolved <br />D. Civil Penalties. Subject to Minn. Stat. 342.22, subd. 5(e), the City of Little Canada may impose <br />a civil penalty, as specified in the City of Little Canada’s Fee Schedule, for registration <br />violations, not to exceed $2,000.