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www.publichealthlawcenter.org 21Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles & Cannabis: Minnesota City Retailers Local Restriction of the Location of Cannabis Retailers (continued) medical cannabis combination businesses that sell medical cannabinoid products at retail. A jurisdiction may want to extend these location requirements to those businesses, as well. Note: Some jurisdictions may choose to enact these minimum distance requirements through their zoning code. However, a zoning code may sometimes be subject to discretion by the zoning board to grant zoning variances or other methods to circumvent the intent of these restrictions. As such, setting the minimum distance requirements in the retail sales registration ordinance does not allow for exceptions to the general rule. (J) Cannabis retailer hours of operation. Sales of approved products at a registered cannabis retail business are only allowed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. seven days per week and may not be open to the public or sell any other products at times when the business is prohibited from selling approved products.  Provision that exceeds state law Cannabis Retailer Hours of Operation State law allows local governments to restrict cannabis retailer hours of operation pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 342.27, subd. 7. This provision only applies to registered cannabis retailers. It does not apply to medical cannabis combination businesses nor to lower-potency hemp edible retailers. It could be broadened to apply to lower-potency hemp edible retailers, but that would mean that anyone selling lower-potency hemp edibles would not be able to be open or sell any other products during the mandatory closure period. While this fits with an overall goal of treating the sale of these intoxicating products similarly, it is likely that there will be pushback since lower- potency hemp edibles are currently sold without any restrictions on hours of operation. September 2024