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Overview of Ordinance Amendments Proposed language amendments are provided in the November 25, 2024, Public Hearing memo to the City Council. Changes since the Ordinance Since November 6, 2024, Planning Commission Cannabis standards are currently being considered and adopted across the state as communities begin to prepare for the OCM to license cannabis businesses. As such, new standards are being introduced throughout the state that should be considered by the Council. Staff included some of these standards within the draft ordinance that was published on the City's website and are detailed below. B. Security 2. Any security bars, gates, or grills shall be retractable, shall remain open and retracted when the cannabis business is open to the public or otherwise in operation, and shall not be installed on the exterior of the building. The OCM has included standards regarding security and control of cannabinoids in their first draft of the rules, but some communities are including additional language to establish aesthetic controls around required security measures. I. Signs 2. Exterior wall, window, and monument signage shall not depict a cannabis flower, cannabis product, hemp edibles, hemp derived edible consumer product, or the like. Additionally, a business logo containing the above depictions shall not be displayed as part of any exterior signage. No products, interior signage, advertisements, or like attention -getting items shall be placed or displayed that may be visible from the exterior of the Cannabis or Hemp Business. Some communities are choosing to restrict the depiction of cannabis -related imagery from signs, including within business logos that are visible from outside of the building. Additionally, some communities are choosing to restrict how items like products or interior signage can be placed to ensure they are not visible from the exterior of the building. The draft ordinance for Council review does not include these provisions since they are changes that were not reviewed by the Planning Commission. Again, as new standards are being considered throughout the state, staff wanted the Council to have the most up to date information to consider as part of the public hearing. The City Council should discuss whether or not to include either of these provisions. Suggested Findings of Fact The Planning Commission reviewed this application at their November 6, 2024, meeting. The following findings of fact are offered for Council's consideration: Page 2 of 4