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<br />CITY OF ELK RIVER
<br />ORDINANCE 22 - 20
<br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE
<br />PROHIBITING THE
<br />SALE, TESTING,
<br />MANUFACTURING,
<br />AND DISTRIBUTION
<br />OF INTOXICATING
<br />AND PSYCHOACTIVE
<br />CANNABINOIDS
<br />strictions relating to the sales, test-
<br />ing, manufacturing, and distribution
<br />of THC Products, including through
<br />licensing or zoning ordinances, in
<br />order to protect the public health,
<br />safety, and welfares of its residents.
<br />2. The study will allow the City
<br />Council to determine the appro-
<br />priate changes, if any, that that it
<br />should make to City ordinances.
<br />The City Council of the City of
<br />3. The City Council, therefore,
<br />Elk River does hereby ordain as
<br />finds that there is a need to adopt
<br />follows:
<br />a City-wide moratorium of the sale,
<br />testing, manufacturing, and distri-
<br />SECTION 1. BACKGROUND.
<br />bution of THC Products and Intoxi-
<br />cating Cannabinoids within the City
<br />1. By enacting 2022 Session
<br />Law Chapter 98, Article 13, the
<br />Minnesota Legislature amended
<br />Minn. Stat. §151.72 and permitted
<br />the sale of edible and nonedible
<br />cannabinoid products that contain
<br />of Tetrahydrocannabinol, common-
<br />ly known as THC ("THC Products").
<br />2. The new law does enact some
<br />requirements for labeling and test-
<br />ing, but the law provides no param-
<br />eters regulating production, com-
<br />pliance checks, or sales of THC
<br />Products. The new law does not
<br />prohibit local regulation.
<br />3. Since the enactment of the
<br />new law, local government and law
<br />enforcement remain concerned
<br />about legal status and classifica-
<br />tion of the production, sale, and
<br />use of other intoxicating and psy-
<br />choactive cannabinoids, such as
<br />HHC, as primary or secondary in-
<br />gredients in edible and nonedible
<br />cannabinoid products ("Intoxicat-
<br />ing Cannabinoids").
<br />4. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §
<br />462.355, subd. 4, the City is autho-
<br />rized to enact by ordinance a mor-
<br />atorium to regulate, restrict or pro-
<br />hibit any use within the jurisdiction
<br />to protect the public health, safety,
<br />and welfare. Specifically, the City is
<br />authorized to enact a moratorium
<br />ordinance to allow it to undertake
<br />a study to determine whether to
<br />adopt any regulations or restric-
<br />tions, including siting and location
<br />of uses, related to the sales, test-
<br />ing, manufacturing, and distribution
<br />of THC Products and Intoxicating
<br />Cannabinoids.
<br />5. Pursuant to its general police
<br />powers, including but not limited
<br />to, Minn. Stat. § 421.221, subd.
<br />32, the City may enact and enforce
<br />regulations or restrictions on THC
<br />Products and Intoxicating Cannabi-
<br />noids within the City to protect the
<br />public safety, health, and welfare,
<br />including restrictions and a mora-
<br />torium on the use of sales, testing,
<br />manufacturing, and distribution,
<br />during the pendency of a study to
<br />determine the need for police pow-
<br />er regulations, including but not
<br />necessarily limited to licensing and
<br />permitting.
<br />SECTION 2. FINDINGS.
<br />1. The City Council finds there is
<br />a need to study THC Products In-
<br />toxicating Cannabinoids and uses
<br />and businesses related thereto, in
<br />order to assess the necessity for
<br />and efficacy of regulation and re-
<br />while City staff studies the issue.
<br />SECTION 3. MORATORIUM.
<br />1. No individual, establishment,
<br />organization, or business may sell,
<br />test, manufacture, or distribute
<br />THC Products and Intoxicating
<br />Cannabinoids for sixty (60) days
<br />from the effective date of this or-
<br />dinance.
<br />2. The City shall not issue any
<br />license or permit related to THC
<br />Products and Intoxicating Canna-
<br />binoids for sixty (60) days from the
<br />effective date of this ordinance. No
<br />license or permit application, of any
<br />kind, by any individual, establish-
<br />ment, organization, or businesses
<br />involved in the proposed sale, test-
<br />ing, manufacturing, or distribution
<br />of THC Products and Intoxicating
<br />Cannabinoids within the City of Elk
<br />River shall be accepted or consid-
<br />ered for sixty (60) days from the ef-
<br />fective date of this ordinance.
<br />3. Planning or zoning applica-
<br />tions related to THC Products and
<br />Intoxicating Cannabinoids or appli-
<br />cations from individuals, establish-
<br />ments, organizations, or business-
<br />es involved in the proposed sale,
<br />testing, manufacturing, or distribu-
<br />tion of THC Products and Intoxicat-
<br />ing Cannabinoids within the City of
<br />Elk River shall not be accepted or
<br />considered for sixty (60) days from
<br />the effective date of this ordinance.
<br />4. Exemptions:
<br />a. This moratorium does not
<br />apply to the selling, testing, man-
<br />ufacturing, or distributing of THC
<br />Products related to the Medical
<br />Cannabis Program as administered
<br />by the Minnesota Department of
<br />Health, provided that such activi-
<br />ty is done in accordance with the
<br />regulations and laws of Minnesota
<br />regarding Medical Cannabis.
<br />b. This moratorium does not
<br />apply to the selling, manufactur-
<br />ing, or distribution of products that
<br />contain non -intoxicating, non -psy-
<br />choactive Cannabinoids as the pri-
<br />mary cannabinoid ingredient, such
<br />Cannabidiol ("CBD') or Cannabinol
<br />("CBN"), and which have no more
<br />than trace amounts of THC.
<br />c. This moratorium does not ap-
<br />ply to sales by existing businesses
<br />of products currently lawful under
<br />state law.
<br />SECTION 4. STUDY. The City
<br />Council directs City staff to study
<br />the need for local regulation regard-
<br />ing the sale, testing, manufacturing,
<br />or distribution of THC Products and
<br />Intoxicating Cannabinoids with-
<br />in the City of Elk River. Staff must
<br />also study the need for creating
<br />or amending zoning ordinances,
<br />licensing ordinances, or any other
<br />ordinances to protect the citizens
<br />of Elk River from any potential neg-
<br />ative impacts of THC Products and
<br />Intoxicating Cannabinoids. Upon
<br />completion of the study, the City
<br />Council, together with such com-
<br />mission as the City Council deems
<br />appropriate or, as may be required
<br />by law, will consider the advisabil-
<br />ity of adopting new ordinances or
<br />amending its current ordinances.
<br />SECTION 5. ENFORCEMENT.
<br />The City may enforce this Ordi-
<br />nance by mandamus, injunctive
<br />relief, or other appropriate civil rem-
<br />edy in any court of competent ju-
<br />risdiction. The City Council hereby
<br />authorizes the City Administrator, in
<br />consultation with the City Attorney,
<br />to initiate any legal action deemed
<br />necessary to secure compliance
<br />with this Ordinance. A violation of
<br />this Ordinance is also subject to the
<br />City's general penalty in City Code
<br />§ 1-8.
<br />SECTION 6. TERM. Unless ear-
<br />lier rescinded by the City Council,
<br />the moratorium established un-
<br />der this Ordinance shall remain in
<br />effect until sixty (60) days from its
<br />effective date, at which point, it will
<br />automatically expire.
<br />SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />This Ordinance shall be in full force
<br />and effect from and after its pas-
<br />sage by the City Council.
<br />Passed and adopted by the City
<br />Council of the City of Elk River this
<br />6th day of September, 2022.
<br />John J. Dietz,
<br />Mayor
<br />ATTEST:
<br />Tina Allard,
<br />City Clerk
<br />Published in the
<br />Star News
<br />September 17, 2022
<br />1258840
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