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233576v1233576v1 2.Cannabis Cultivation: A cannabis business licensed to grow cannabis plants within the approved amount of space from seed or immature plant to mature plant, harvest cannabis flower from mature plant, package and label immature plants and seedlings and cannabis flower for sale to other cannabis businesses, transport cannabis flower to a cannabis manufacturer located on the same premises, and perform other actions approved by the office. 3.Cannabis Retail Businesses: A retail location of a mezzobusinesses, microbusinesses, medical combination businesses, or lower-potency hemp edible retailers. 3.4.Lowwer-potency Hemp Edible Retail Business: A lower-potency hemp edible retailer location. 4.5.Cannabis Retailer: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, foreign or domestic, selling cannabis product to a consumer and not for the purpose of resale in any form. 5.6.Lower-potency Hemp Edible: As defined under Minn. Stat. 342.01 subd. 50. 6.7.Office of Cannabis Management: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, referred to as “OCM” in this ordinance. 7.8.Place of Public Accommodation: A business, accommodation, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public. 8.9.Preliminary License Approval: OCM pre-approval for a cannabis business license for applicants who qualify under Minn. Stat. 342.17. 9.10.Retail Registration: An approved registration issued by the city to a state- licensed cannabis retail business. 10.11.School: A public school as defined under Minn. Stat. 120A.05 or a nonpublic school that must meet the reporting requirements under Minn. Stat. 120A.24. 11.12.State License: An approved license issued by the State of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management to a cannabis retail business. Section 2. Registration of Cannabis Businesses 2.1 Registration Required. No individual or entity may operate a state-licensed cannabis retail business without first registering with the city. 2.2 Zoning Verification Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 342, within 30 days of receiving a copy of a state license application from OCM, the city shall certify on a form provided by OCM whether a proposed cannabis retail business complies with local zoning ordinances and, if applicable, whether the proposed business complies with the state fire code and building code. 2.3 Fees. A registration fee shall be charged to applicants depending on the type of retail business license applied for and is outlined in the city fee schedule. All fees are non- Commented [LK4]: A suggestion, because hemp and cannabis retailers are treated differently in the statute and no population cap or buffer areas are explicitly allowed for hemp retailers I like to divide the definitions: -Lower-potency Hemp Edible Retail Business: A lower-potency hemp edible retailer location. -Lower-potency Hemp Edible Retailer: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, foreign or domestic, selling lower- potency hemp edible product to a consumer and not for the purpose of resale in any form. Page 198 of 204