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manner of the operation of Cannabis Businesses to adopt an interim ordinance applicable to all or part of its jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. The interim ordinance may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the operation of Cannabis Businesses within the jurisdiction or a portion thereof until January 1, 2025. (E) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 462.355, subdivision 4(a), the City Council is authorized to adopt an interim ordinance "to regulate, restrict, or prohibit any use . . . within the jurisdiction or a portion thereof for a period not to exceed one year from the date it is effective." The City Council is also authorized as part of its general police powers to adopt business licensing requirements related to the sale of Cannabis Products. Additionally, the Minnesota Supreme Court in Almquist v. Town of Marshan, 245 N.W.2d 819 (Minn. 1976) upheld the enactment of a moratorium despite the lack of express statutory authority as being a power inherent in a broad grant of power to municipalities. The enactment of business operations requirements is based on a city's police powers, which is the broadest grant of power to cities. Inherent in that broad grant of authority is the power to place a temporary moratorium on a business to study and potentially implement licensing regulations on that business. (F) The Minnesota Legislature enacted, and the Governor signed, 2024 Minnesota Session Laws, Chapter 121 — H.F. No. 4757, which amended the Act in several ways, including changing certain defined terms, creating a process for preapproval of certain licenses, and, subject to certain conditions, permitting applicants with a license preapproval for a cannabis microbusiness license, cannabis mezzobusiness license, or cannabis cultivator license to grow cannabis plants from seeds or immature plants. (G) The OCM previously published a timeline showing that it would publish draft rules and regulations identified in Section 1(C) herein by the end of June 2024, but that timeline has been removed. The OCM has not indicated when a model ordinance will be available. (H) Given the uncertainty regarding the model ordinance and administrative rules to be developed by the OCM, the broad scope of the changes to Minnesota law brought about by the Act in 2023, and the amendments to the Act in 2024, City desires to adopt an interim ordinance for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. (I) The City desires to conduct a study for the purpose of considering the adoption or amendment of reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of the operation of Cannabis Businesses as well as the other regulations local units of government may adopt under the Act.