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July 11, 2023 Page 2 WORK SESSION DISCUSSION The attached draft ordinance includes the following general sections: 060 – Purpose (simple statement referencing Statutory section) 061 – Findings (findings related to Statutory language and general standards) 062 - Definitions Added to the Definitions section of the proposed Ordinance is a distinction between solid and liquid edibles. The purpose of this distinction is to allow the sale of liquid/beverages infused with THC that are produced for bars and restaurants – but not the solid forms (such as gummies). Conversely, the distinction will all the Tobacco licensees to sell the solid gummie forms, but not the liquid beverages. It is noted that many of the regional craft breweries are brewing beverages that have THC, and these are being canned and made available for both off-sale locations (such as the municipal liquor store) as well as for on-sale locations (bars and restaurants). 063 – Licensing and Requirements (application and basis for decision) 064 – Sales of the Specific Hemp Products (from Statute) In Subp. G of this Section, the three eligible categories of cannabinoid retailing are listed. The first is for licensed off-sale liquor retailers, which in St. Anthony, is limited to the Municipal Liquor operations. The second is for licensed on-sale liquor retailers, such as bars as restaurants with liquor licenses, limited to liquid THC beverages. The third is for licensed tobacco retailers, limited to solid THC edible products. As discussed at the Work Session, these facilities have already established procedures in place for retail regulated products, and the applicable procedures would carry through to the retailing of these products. 065 – Additional Requirements (limiting packaging, labeling, and other aspects) 066 – Prohibited Sales (No sampling, no self-service, no delivery – over-the-counter only) The original base ordinance used for discussion prohibits sampling of these products. The Municipal Liquor operations staff indicated that they regularly offer sampling of their off-sale products, and would like to provide that for the Cannabinoid products (typically THC-infused beverages). This section is amended to add this allowance, only to the Municipal Liquor locations, however, specifies that the sale of full-serving on-sale beverages is not impacted by the sampling prohibition. 067 – Other Requirements (misbranding, signage/warnings, age verification, hours of sales) 068 – Enforcement (notice, hearing, revocation) 069 – Penalties (includes a sample penalties amount for discussion) Section 152.138 is amended to specify that only those establishments licensed to retail the products subject to this licensing may provide these products, otherwise, the City’s ban on cannabis product sales or other facilities remains in place. As discussed, this will likely require 90