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www.publichealthlawcenter.org 8Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles & Cannabis: Minnesota City Retailers Section 1. Findings of Fact. Note The Findings Section is important because it provides the evidentiary basis for the proposed cannabis and lower-potency hemp retailer regulations and demonstrates a municipality’s reasoning for adopting specific provisions. Findings of fact could include data, statistics, and relevant epidemiological information, for example, that support the purposes of the ordinance. In addition to providing educational background and building support for the ordinance, the findings can also serve a legal purpose. If the ordinance is challenged in court, the findings are an admissible record of the factual determinations made by the legislative body when considering the ordinance. Courts generally defer to legislative determinations of factual issues and can, in turn, influence a court’s legal findings. A list of Findings of Fact supporting this model ordinance appears in a companion publication on Public Health Law Center’s website titled, Minnesota Findings for Local Regulation of Cannabis and Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles. Jurisdictions may select findings from this list to insert here, along with additional findings on local or regional conditions and outcomes. NOW THEREFORE it is the intent of the City Council, in enacting this ordinance, to regulate the establishment, operations, and sales of cannabis retailers and lower-potency hemp edible retailers located in [ city name ] . Section 2. Authority and Jurisdiction. Authority. The City Council is authorized to adopt this Ordinance by Minnesota Statutes sections 144.417, subd. 4(a), 145A.05, subd. 9, 412.221, 152.0263, subd. 5, Chapter 342, Chapter 412, and any other applicable state law, as may be adopted or amended from time to time. Section 3. Definitions. Except as otherwise provided or clearly implied by context, all terms are given their commonly accepted definitions. For this ordinance, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning: Advertisement. Any written or oral statement, illustration, or depiction that is intended to promote sales of approved products or sales at a specific cannabis business or hemp business and includes any newspaper, radio, internet and electronic media, or television promotion; the distribution of fliers and circulars; and the display of window and interior signs in a cannabis September 2024