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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />DECEMBER 18, 2024 <br />uses should be removed until the actual locations are known. The Community Development Director <br />explained that those uses are licensed through the State and if they are not State -licensed they would <br />not fall within the buffer requirements. He noted that the Council could choose to remove those uses if <br />desired. <br />Mayor Fischer commented that it would seem there is a distinction between a commercial daycare <br />provider and someone providing daycare service within their home. The Community Development <br />Director replied that even someone providing daycare within their home should be licensed with the <br />State, although perhaps not all those operating a daycare from their home choose to obtain the proper <br />licensing. Gutierrez stated that those locations were not all included on the map previously reviewed <br />by the Council and she would not want to restrict some of the locations where a business could be <br />located. <br />D. Miller asked if the same buffer restrictions exist for tobacco and alcohol sales in terms of daycares <br />and residential treatment facilities. The City Clerk did not believe those same buffers existed for those <br />two uses. <br />K.wapick commented that there is no guarantee that someone who receives a license will want to locate <br />in Little Canada. <br />The Community Development Director explained that in terms of the buffers, a new daycare could still <br />choose to be located within the buffer area from an existing cannabis business. He stated that the use <br />would simply become nonconforming. Gutierrez commented that it is very lucrative for a community <br />to collect taxes from a cannabis business and therefore did not want the city to be unattractive to a <br />potential business. <br />The City Clerk reviewed the buffer requirements for alcohol and tobacco and confirmed that there <br />were no buffer requirements from daycares or residential treatment facilities. <br />Mayor Fischer opened the public hearing for comments from the general public. <br />Angie Malone, 3282 Hamel Court, asked and received confirmation that the City must be open to an <br />application. She commented that it would seem logical to mirror the buffer requirements to alcohol <br />and tobacco uses. She commented that this is a new frontier they are embarking upon and wanted to <br />see the buffers from the schools and parks. <br />John DeRosa, Little Canada Smoke Shop owner, stated that he has registered for the OCM lottery for <br />cannabis licenses. He noted the time necessary for plants to grow once a business receives the proper <br />approval, which will further delay the end product. He stated that he has successfully operated a <br />business that sells to people over 21, as well as the allowed cannabis products that have already been <br />legalized in prior legislation. He believed that this is a good endeavor for the industry, noting the <br />funds that will be generated for the community. He did not want to see businesses pushed to dark <br />corners and wanted them to be in visible areas. <br />11 <br />