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Local Approval Process Cont. <br /> Option to limit Retail Registrations for Cannabis Businesses: <br /> Determining a Process <br /> State law allows the option for a local government to place a limitation on the number of <br /> cannabis retailers, microbusiness, and mezzobusinesses with retail endorsements allowed <br /> within their locality via ordinance, as long as there is at least one retail location per 12,500 <br /> residents. Please see Page 13. Retail registrations for lower-potency hemp edible retailers <br /> and medical cannabis combination businesses are required but may NOT be limited in <br /> number by a local government. <br /> If a local government wishes to limit the number of cannabis retailers, microbusinesses, <br /> or mezzobusinesses via ordinance, state law does not define the process for a local <br /> government's selection if there are more applicants than registrations available. <br /> Local units of government issuing retail registrations should consider how they will issue <br /> retail registrations. Local units of government may wish to consider whether they will <br /> accept applications during a specified application window or on a rolling basis. Local <br /> governments may wish to consider how to accommodate to the timing of accepting <br /> applications for retail registration as to not allocate all registrations at once. This may also <br /> include timelines that coincide with state licensing timelines as to limit bottlenecks. <br /> Additionally, local units of government should consider the process by which they will <br /> determine who gets a registration, e.g., through the use of a lottery, on a first-come/first- <br /> serve model, through a merit-based scoring system, etc. It is highly recommended that <br /> local governments work with an attorney to determine their specific process for selection <br /> if they wish to limit the number of retail registrations per section 342.13. <br /> It is also important to note that local governments are not required to limit the number of <br /> licensed cannabis retailers, microbusinesses, or mezzobusinesses, and instead local <br /> governments can determine a process that reviews requests/applications for retail <br /> registrations as they are received. <br /> m MINNeSOTA Page 18 <br /> OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT <br />