01-06-25 - Council Work Session Agenda

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ORDINANCE NO. CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE AMENDING 617 OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CANNABIS BUSINESSES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDAINS: Section 1. Chapter 617 of the Lino Lakes City Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: CHAPTER 617 CANNABIS BUSINESSES SECTION: 617.01: Findings and Purpose; Authority and Jurisdiction 617.02: Definitions 617.03: State License Required 617.04: Retail Registration 617.05: Performance Standards 617.06: Minimum Buffer Requirement 617.07: Temporary Cannabis Events 617.08: Use in Public Places 617.09: Local Government as a Cannabis Retailer 617.10 Severability 617.01 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE; AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION (1). Findings and Purpose. The city makes the following legislative findings: (a) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 342, which authorizes the city to protect the public health, safety, welfare of residents by regulating cannabis businesses within the city. (b) The city finds that the proposed provisions are appropriate and lawful land use regulations for the city, that the proposed regulations will promote the interests of the community for now and in the future, and that the proposed provisions are in the public interest and for the public good. (2). Authority. The city has the authority to adopt this chapter pursuant to: (a) Minnesota Statutes, section 342.13(c), regarding the authority of a local unit of government to adopt reasonable restrictions of the time, place, and manner of the operation of a cannabis business provided that such restrictions do not prohibit the establishment or operation of cannabis businesses.