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1.4 Enforcement <br />The elected body of a jurisdiction can choose to designate an official to administer and <br />enforce this ordinance. The City Manager or designee is responsible for the <br />administration and enforcement of this ordinance. Any violation of the provisions of this <br />ordinance or failure to comply with any of its requirements constitutes a misdemeanor <br />and is punishable as defined by law. Violations of this ordinance can occur regardless of <br />whether or not a permit is required for a regulated activity listed in this ordinance. <br />1.5 Definitions <br />1. Unless otherwise noted in this section, words and phrases contained in Minn. <br />Stat. 342.01 and the rules promulgated pursuant to any of these acts, shall have <br />the same meanings in this ordinance. <br />2. Cannabis Cultivation: A cannabis business licensed to grow cannabis plants <br />within the approved amount of space from seed or immature plant to mature <br />plant. Harvest cannabis flower from mature plant, package and label immature <br />plants and seedlings and cannabis flower for sale to other cannabis businesses, <br />transport cannabis flower to a cannabis manufacturer located on the same <br />premises, and perform other actions approved by the office. <br />3. Cannabis Retail Businesses: A retail location and the retail location(s) of a <br />mezzobusiness with a retail operations endorsement, microbusiness with a retail <br />operations endorsement, medical combination businesses operating a retail <br />location, (and/excluding) lower-potency hemp edible retailers. <br />4. Cannabis Retailer: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, <br />foreign or domestic, selling cannabis product to a consumer and not for the <br />purpose of resale in any form. <br />5. Daycare: A location licensed with the Minnesota Department of Human <br />Services to provide the care of a child in a residence outside the child's own <br />home for gain or otherwise, on a regular basis, for any part of a 24-hour day. <br />6. Lower-potency Hemp Edible: As defined under Minn. Stat. 342.01 subd. 50. <br />7. Office of Cannabis Management: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, <br />referred to as “OCM” in this ordinance. <br />8. Place of Public Accommodation: A business, accommodation, refreshment, <br />entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed <br />or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or <br />accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the <br />public. <br />9. Preliminary License Approval: OCM pre-approval for a cannabis business <br />license for applicants who qualify under Minn. Stat. 342.17. <br />10. Public Place: A public park or trail, public street or sidewalk; any enclosed, <br />indoor area used by the general public, including, but not limited to, restaurants; <br />bars; any other food or liquor establishment; hospitals; nursing homes;