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Self-service sales are interpreted as being any sale where there is not an actual physical exchange of the product between the clerk and the customer. "Self-service merchandising" shall not include vending machines. (w) Vending machine means any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of self-service device which, upon the insertion of money, tokens or other form of payment, dispenses the licensed product and includes vending machines equipped with manual, electric or electronic locking devices. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby amends Little Canada City Code Section 826.25. License as follows: 826.25 LICENSE.RETAIL REGISTRATION (a) License Registration required. No person shall sell or offer to sell any cannabinoid products or cannabinoid-related devices without first having obtained a license retail registration to do so from the city. (b) Location. Licenses Retail registrations will only be issued to businesses located in commercial or industrial zoning districts. No home-based businesses may sell cannabinoid products or cannabinoid-related devices. (c) Application. An application for a license retail registration to sell cannabinoid products or cannabinoid-related devices shall be made on a form provided by the city. The application shall contain the full name of the applicant, the applicant's residential and business addresses and telephone numbers, the name of the business for which the license retail registration is sought, proof of an approved Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management Lower-potency hemp edible retailers license and any additional information the city deems necessary. If the city clerk or their designee determines that an application is incomplete, they shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete. (d) Action. The city may either approve or deny the license retail registration, or it may delay action for a reasonable period of time as necessary to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant it deems necessary. If the city approves the license retail registration, the city clerk or their designee shall issue the license retail registration to the applicant. If the city denies the license retail registration, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant along with notice of the applicant's right to appeal the City Council's decision. (e) Term. All licenses retail registrations shall be for a term of one year. The annual license retail registration period will be January 1 – December 31 of each year. (f) Violations and Penalties. Any license retail registration issued under this section may be revoked or suspended. The Council shall either suspend for up to 60 30 days or revoke any cannabinoid product license retail registration, or impose a civil fine not to exceed $2,000, for each violation upon finding that a licensee registrant has failed to comply with any applicable statute, regulation or ordinance relation to cannabinoid products. No suspension or revocation shall take effect until the licensee registrant has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing as provided in City Code 802.120. The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management will be immediately notified of a suspension. (g) Transfers. All licenses retail registrations issued under this section shall be valid only on the premises for which the license retail registration was issued and only for the person to whom the license retail registration was issued. The transfer of any license retail registration to another location or person shall be prohibited.