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Ordinance No. 2022- The City Council of the City of Hermantown Does Ordain: AN ORDINANCE DECLARING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EDIBLE CANNABINOID PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM HEMP WITHIN THE CITY OF HERMANTOWN WHEREAS, the 2022 Minnesota State Legislature amended Minnesota Statutes § 151.72 to allow the sale of certain cannabinoid products derived from hemp; and WHEREAS, the zoning ordinances, licensing framework and other regulations of the City of Hermantown presently do not address the issues presented by the expanded authority to sell certain cannabinoid products derived from hemp; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to have the issue of edible cannabinoid products derived from hemp studied further by the City Staff and obtain input from Hermantown residents, and other interested parties; and WHEREAS, the City Council has requested the City Staff study the issue of edible cannabinoid products derived from hemp at the earliest possible time and provide its report and recommendation with respect to possible new zoning or licensing ordinance or other regulations that are necessary and desirable; and WHEREAS, in the meantime the City Council desires that no product sale or the development, construction or creation, or new permitting of any business or activities involved with edible cannabinoid products derived from hemp occur within the City until such study, recommendations and decisions are completed and made, as the case may be; and WHEREAS, accordingly the City Council believes that it is in the best interest of the City of Hermantown that a temporary moratorium be imposed involving edible cannabinoids derived from hemp within the City of Hermantown. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hermantown, Minnesota, that the following regulations be adopted as an Ordinance of the City of Hermantown: 1. No person, firm, entity, or corporation shall sell such product or construct, develop or create a business, or receive a new permit to conduct any activity involving edible cannabinoid products derived from hemp in the city until the earlier of (i) February 1, 2023 or (ii) the effective date of ordinance provisions relating edible cannabinoid products derived from hemp in the City of Hermantown. 2. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, Subdivision 4.