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Home My WebLink About02-25 - Ordinance - Cannabis Business - ZoningPlanning & Zoning Board Public Hearing: 01/08/25 & 0/12/25 1st Reading: 02/24/25 Website Notice: 02/28/25 2nd Reading: 03/10/25 Publication: 03/18/25 Adoption: 03/10/25 Effective:04/17/25 CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO.02-25 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1007 (ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING THE REGULATION AND ZONING OF CANNABIS BUSINESSES The City Council of Lino Lakes ordains: Section 1. Section 1007.001 of City Code (Rules and Definitions) is hereby amended to include the following definitions: CANNABIS BUSINESSES RELATED: Unless otherwise noted in this section or chapter 24 of this title, words and phrases contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 342.01 and the rules promulgated pursuant to any of these acts, as amended, shall have the same meanings in this title. A. Adult -Use Cannabis Product: As defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 342.01, subd. 4. B. Cannabis business. A cannabis microbusiness, cannabis mezzobusiness, cannabis cultivator, cannabis manufacturer, dispensary, cannabis wholesaler, cannabis transporter, cannabis testing facility, cannabis delivery services, or medical cannabis combination business licensed, or any use otherwise authorized, under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. C Cannabis cultivation: A cannabis business licensed for planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis plants, cannabis flower, hemp plants, or hemp plant parts by a business licensed or authorized to cultivate cannabis or medical cannabis pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. D. Cannabis delivery service. A person or entity licensed or otherwise authorized to purchase cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower -potency hemp edibles, and hemp - derived consumer products from licensed cannabis microbusinesses with a retail endorsement, cannabis mezzobusinesses with a retail endorsement, dispensaries, medical cannabis dispensaries, and medical cannabis combination businesses; transport and deliver cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower -potency hemp edibles, and hemp -derived consumable products to customers; and perform other actions pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. Cannabis or lower -potency hemp edible manufacturing. An entity licensed or otherwise authorized for the creation of cannabis concentrate and manufacture of cannabis products and hemp -derived consumer products for public consumption pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342, an entity licensed or authorized to purchase hemp and artificially derived cannabinoids to make hemp concentrate; manufacture artificially derived cannabinoids and hemp edibles for public consumption; package and label lower -potency hemp edibles for sale to customers; sell hemp concentrate, artificially derived cannabinoids, and lower -potency hemp edibles to other cannabis businesses and hemp businesses; and perform other actions pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342, or an entity in possession of a medical cannabis processor license pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. Cannabis mezzobusiness. A person or entity licensed to cultivate, manufacture, and sell products containing cannabis and related supplies and products and perform other actions authorized under a cannabis mezzobusiness license pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. G. Cannabis microbusiness. A person or entity licensed to cultivate, manufacture, and sell products containing cannabis and related supplies and products and perform other actions authorized under a cannabis microbusiness license pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. H. Cannabis retail business: A state licensed retail location and the retail location(s) of a mezzobusinesses with a retail operations endorsement, microbusinesses with a retail operations endorsement, medical combination businesses operating a retail location, excluding lower -potency hemp edible retailers, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. Cannabis retailer: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, foreign or domestic, selling cannabis product to a consumer and not for the purpose of resale in any form. J. Cannabis testing facility. A facility licensed to obtain and test immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, artificially derived cannabinoids, lower -potency hemp edibles, and hemp -derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, lower -potency hemp edible manufacturers, medical cannabis cultivators, medical cannabis processors, medical cannabis combination businesses, and industrial hemp growers pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342, K. Cannabis transporter. An entity licensed or otherwise authorized to transport immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate, lower -potency hemp edibles, and hemp -derived consumer products from a cannabis business to a cannabis business pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. L. Cannabis wholesaler. An entity licensed or authorized to obtain, store, and sell or otherwise transfer cannabis or hemp seeds, plants, flower, or other products for the purpose of resale or other transfer to a cannabis business, but not to consumers, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342 M. Dispensary. An entity in possession of a cannabis retailer license or otherwise authorized to acquire, possess, transfer, sell, dispense, or distributes products containing cannabis and related supplies and products pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. N. Lower -potency hemp edible: As defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 342.01, subd. 50. 0. Lower -potency hemp edible retailer. A person or entity licensed or authorized to acquire, possess, transfer, sell, dispense, or distribute lower -potency hemp edible products and related supplies and products pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. P. Medical cannabis combination business. An entity authorized to cultivate, manufacture, and sell cannabis, hemp, and cannabis and hemp related supplies and products, and perform other actions authorized under a medical cannabis combination license pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 342. Section 2. Section 1007.100(5) of the Zoning Ordinance (R, Rural District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections renumbered accordingly: (m) Cannabis cultivator, indoor, limited to 30,000 square feet of plant canopy in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (n) Cannabis cultivator, outdoor, limited to 2 acres in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (p) Medical cultivator, outdoor, limited to 2 acres in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 3. Section 1007.130(6) of the Zoning Ordinance (NB, Neighborhood Business District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections renumbered accordingly: (j) Cannabis retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (k) Cannabis medical retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (1) Lower -potency hemp edible retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 4. Section 1007.131 (6) of the Zoning Ordinance (LB, Limited Business District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections renumbered accordingly: (m) Cannabis retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (n) Cannabis medical retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (o) Lower -potency hemp edible retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 5. Section 1007.132(6) of the Zoning Ordinance (GB, General Business District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections renumbered accordingly: (s) Cannabis retailer, in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (t) Cannabis medical retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. (u) Lower -potency hemp edible retailer in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 6. Section 1007.140(7) of the Zoning Ordinance (LI, Light Industrial District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections number accordingly: (t) Cannabis businesses, conducted entirely within a principal structure: cultivator (including medical), delivery service, manufacturer (including medical and lower -potency hemp edible), medical combo, microbusiness, mezzobusiness, testing facility, transporter and wholesaler in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 7. Section 1007.141(7) of the Zoning Ordinance (GI, General Industrial District, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections number accordingly: (r) Cannabis businesses, conducted entirely within a principal structure: cultivator (including medical), delivery service, manufacturer (including medical and lower -potency hemp edible), medical combo, microbusiness, mezzobusiness, testing facility, transporter and wholesaler in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 8. Section 1007.142(7) of the Zoning Ordinance (BC, Business Campus, Permitted Uses) is hereby amended to add the following provisions with subsequent sections number accordingly: (o) Cannabis Businesses, conducted entirely within a principal structure: delivery service, manufacturer (including medical and lower -potency hemp edible), microbusiness, testing facility, transporter and wholesaler in compliance with City Code Chapter 617. Section 9. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication according to the Lino Lakes City Charter. Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 10th day of March, 2025. 4 t? '�n& ` t-L b fferty, Mayor ATTEST: —Z �/W "49 � ' Roberta Colotti, CIVIC, City Clerk