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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 9, 2024 Page 5 I C. Ordinance 2024-03 — Amending the St. Anthony City Code by Amending Title XI 2 Section 152.188 Relatingto o Regulation of the Sale and Distribution of Cannabis 3 Products. 4 5 City Planner Stephen Grittman reviewed the Council considered the first reading of amendments 6 to the Zoning Ordinance related to cannabis retailing at its regular meeting on June 11, 2024. A 7 second reading was held on June 25, 2024. The Council discussed aspects of the proposed 8 ordinance, with modifications to the original draft language. Those modifications included the 9 inclusion of residential substance abuse treatment centers to the list of land uses that would be 10 included in the separation buffers being created by the Code; and an increase in the proposed 11 separation buffer for child care centers to 300 feet, from the Planning Commission's 12 recommendation of 100 feet. 13 14 The second reading incorporated those amendments, which are now included in the third and 15 final reading in ordinance form. 16 17 The language of the code recommends that the separation from treatment centers to be listed as 18 "licensed" centers by the State of Minnesota. The City has the ability to research properly 19 licensed facilities and make an informed judgment about distance and registration. There are 20 some "treatment" facilities that operate as "sober houses" or other similar unlicensed 21 programming which would not be trackable. Staff has inserted a 300 foot separation buffer for 22 these uses in the proposed language. 23 24 Staff requests that the City Council approve the third reading of the attached Ordinance No. 25 20244-03, adopting the ordinance in final fonn. 26 27 Staff continues to recommend that the moratorium ordinance enacted last August continue in 28 force as further materials are generated by the State of Minnesota over the next several months. 29 30 Also provided for Council consideration were the State Law — Local Control and a Map of 31 Separation Distance Impacts. 32 33 Councilmember Jenson stated there was a lot of discussion on this Ordinance previously. 34 35 Mayor Webster stated she appreciates hearing the State boundaries along with the discussion. 36 37 Councilmember Doolan asked if this would help if we were to encounter illegal dispensaries 38 within the City. Mr. Grittman stated that would be a law enforcement process not a zoning 39 violation. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Third 42 Reading and Adopt Ordinance 2024-03 Amending the St. Anthony City Code, by Amending 43 Title XI, Section 152.188 Relating to Regulation of the Sale and Distribution of Cannabis 44 Products. 45 46 Motion carried 4-l(Randleh