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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — OCTOBER 14, 2024 13 Interim City Administrator Jagoe said the way it's drafted right now, cannabis sales would not be allowed under neighborhood business. Councilmember Holden said that low potency edibles are allowed in neighborhood business. Interim City Administrator Jagoe confirmed. She said the way that was written is it's tied to someone who had a liquor or tobacco license. There was not zoning restrictions for the low potency. We said it was allowed as an accessory use in any commercial district, if they had the liquor or tobacco license. It couldn't be the principal use. For the cannabis discussion, that could be the principal use and the only thing they sell so it is not proposed to be allowed at all in the neighborhood business district. Councilmember Monson said it should not be allowed in B-1. She would support B-4. She's okay with Lexington or County Road E, however, she does not think a Mezzo -business or a Micro -business is appropriate because of the scale they could be. As she understands it, those businesses grow their own, package their own and sell their own products. She wouldn't want that allowed in a retail area. But she would be open to allowing that in the gateway business area. Mayor Grant thinks B-4 is where you allow it. All of them. Interim City Administrator Jagoe said that's the retail component of micro business, cannabis sales, the mezzo business. The other uses including manufacturing, agricultural, indoor cultivation, R & D will be left as conditional uses in the industrial areas. Councilmember Monson asked if Council could walk down the list one by one. She asked if Council agrees that B-4 is the district. Mayor Grant said B-4 would make sense for all cannabis business types. It would not be his preference that a 50,000 square foot empty building on Lexington have a growing facility. Councilmember Rousseau said she would love for anything to go into that space. Mayor Grant agreed he would love that space to be filled but not with this. Councilmember Holden thinks B-4 is a quiet area. There are a lot of small businesses back there. There are a lot of unknowns including hours of operation. She assumes a lot of the customers will come in at 2:00 in the morning. This isn't regulated, like alcohol. She thinks it will be important to have police coverage. On Lexington it's a lot more visible and the hours could be limited, based on location of the site. Interim City Administrator Jagoe said that is one of the questions Staff has. Would the Council want there to be standards to include limiting hours of operation. That can be incorporated it the ordinance language. Council can outline that if an individual applies for the registration, the business can only operate during certain hours. Mayor Grant thinks Council probably does want to restrict it.