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Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br />CONSENT ITEM – 8L <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: December 11, 2023 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Julie Hanson, Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Interim Ordinance (Moratorium) Temporarily Prohibiting the Issuance of New Tobacco <br /> Licenses <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $ $ $ <br /> Council Should Consider the Following Options <br /> <br />Motion to approve, table, or deny the following: <br /> <br />• Interim Ordinance 2023-017 Temporarily Prohibiting the Issuance of New Licenses to Sell <br />Tobacco in the City of Arden Hills. <br /> <br /> Background <br /> <br />At its meeting on November 27, 2023, the City Council enacted an interim ordinance (moratorium) <br />prohibiting the issuance of new tobacco licenses in Arden Hills. <br /> <br />City staff has worked with the City Attorney regarding the attached Ordnance 20230-017 and staff <br />recommends the Council consider formal acknowledgment of this Interim Ordinance. Please note the <br />moratorium does not affect existing businesses that hold a license; however, no new tobacco licenses <br />will be issued until further notice. This will allow the City to conduct a study regarding the number of <br />licenses, fees, violations, and zoning pertaining to tobacco licenses. <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments <br />Attachment A: Ordinance 2023-017 <br />