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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 16, 2024 Page 5 1 Chair Socha asked if the products can be smoked in City parks and Mr. Grittman stated the 2 MN Clean Air Act considers cannabis smoking the same as tobacco smoking. 3 4 Commissioner Anderson asked what the age restriction is for sales. Mr. Grittman stated 21+. 5 6 Commissioner Erickson asked what portion Salo Park would be restricted and Mr. Grittman 7 stated the corner of Salo Park out to the first couple of parking rows of the Cub Foods parking 8 lot. 9 10 Chair Socha stated she is concerned about the daycare centers and the parks. She is not so 11 concerned about Salo Park. 12 13 Student Liaison Kling stated his experience is not a lot of kids are in Salo Park. 14 15 Commissioner Hark stated in her experience in California the dispensaries were tucked away 16 off the main roads. The parks are in residential areas. 17 18 St. Anthony Village needs to have at least one dispensary per State Law. The process for 19 approval at the State level is still being worked out. 20 21 Mr. Grittman stated there is a 300 ft exclusion for liquor licenses around places of worship 22 and schools. This does not include daycares. 23 24 Commissioner Anderson stated the City liquor store sells cannabis drinks. 25 26 Commissioner Morita asked about zoning for manufacturing of cannabis and if the smell issue 27 is a non-issue. Mr. Grittman stated the State created two categories micro and mezzo. The 28 mezzo locations would most likely be in Industrial zoning areas and include manufacturing. 29 30 Chair Socha stated the odors will happen and are most likely minimal. She asked if 31 Commissioners are concerned with the distance to daycare centers other than the smells. 32 Commissioner Hark stated the only thing we can control is the distance. Commissioner Morita 33 stated the City needs to consider what the public would want. Commissioner Morita suggested 34 moving forward with the daycare distance but not the park distance due to only Salo Park 35 being minimally affected. 36 37 Commissioner Morita suggested one location be permitted in the City. 38 39 Chair Socha asked if it could be determined 300 feet from a daycare and 500 feet from a 40 treatment facility. Mr. Grittman stated 300 feet is a classic City block distance. He suggested 41 going with the guidelines that were called out and keep it at 500 feet. Chair Socha stated 42 another concern would be traffic if dispensary was too close to a daycare. Mr. Grittman stated 43 traffic would not be more of an issue than any other retail establishment. 44 45 Chair Socha proposed the consensus that the Commission is not concerned about Park but are 46 in favor of separation from daycares and discussion has ranged from between 300-500 feet. 47