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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 22, 2024 Page 12 2 Motion carried 5-0. 3 The Council took a short break. 4 5 IX. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 6 7 A. Ordinance 2024-05 — Amending Section 154.188 of the St. Anthony. City Code 8 Regulating Cannabis Businesses. 9 10 City Planner Grittman reviewed the City Council considered the initial draft of a cannabis 11 regulation ordinance as a first reading on September 10, 2024. At that first reading, the Council 12 discussed a number of alternatives that, under the legislation, the City has some discretion to 13 consider. The discussion resulted in edits to the first reading. At its regular meeting on October 14 8, the City Council made some additional adjustments to the text. The original edits (between 15 Reading 1 and 2) are included in the draft in redline, which the adjustments made between 16 Readings 2 and 3 are reflected in the draft ordinance and highlighted in redline bold. A few 17 typographical edits have also been made, but not included in the redlining for easier reading. Mr. 18 Grittman summarized the latest updates as follows: iR, 20 Subp. (I): A correction was made to renumber what is now paragraph (2). 21 22 Subp. (L): Following the City Council discussion on measured buffer distances, staff has 23 provided the original option (along public streets), and then added options for measurement 24 along the shortest public sidewalk, as well as measurement along the shortest private sidewalk 25 open to the public. The shortest of these would be the effective buffer distance from the specified 26 land use. 27 28 Subp. (0): Corrected a typographical error. 29 30 Subp. (P)(1)(d)5: This section was further amended to specify that both the buffer distance (from 31 Subp. L) and the zoning district (from Subp. M) must be observed for retail sales at a cannabis 32 event. 33 34 Subp. (P)(2): Corrected a typographical error. 35 36 Subp. (P)(4): This addition is intended to specify that an application for a temporary event denied 37 by the City Council would be required either to submit, or amend their original application, at the 38 discretion of the Council. At the prior meeting, it was further clarified that staff can review a 39 pending application for completeness and other defects prior to Council action. 40 41 The updated draft ordinance regulating cannabis business was provided for review and 42 consideration as a second reading. As noted, the Planning Commission recommended approval 43 of the general regulations with comments, and the City Council incorporated many of those 44 comments in its discussion of the first reading. With any further requested edits of the various 45 sections, staff requests approval of the third reading of this ordinance. 46