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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 11/25/2024 Item No.: 7.f. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consider adoption of ordinances and resolutions establishing zoning, business registration and temporary event regulations for adult-use cannabis and hemp and allowing for summary publications 1 2 Background 3 The state legislature established Chapter 342 of Minnesota state law, known as the "adult-use cannabis 4 law" during the 2023 legislative session. These regulations were revised during the 2024 legislative 5 session. Since that time, Minnesota's office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has been established to 6 oversee the implementation and regulation of adult-use cannabis. Included in OCM's duties were the 7 creation of model ordinances, which cities can use to inform local adult-use cannabis regulations. The 8 model ordinance was provided to both the Planning Commission and City Council during previous 9 meeting discussions. The legalization of adult-use cannabis followed the 2022 legalization of lower- 10 potency hemp. Locally, Roseville has implemented licensing for lower-potency hemp, limited retailers of 11 lower-potency hemp to eight, prohibited smoking on City property, and enacted a moratorium on the 12 operation of cannabis businesses. 13 14 On January 1, 2025, the City's moratorium will expire and the City may start receiving zoning compliance 15 requests from the state regarding applications for cannabis business licenses. There is no current- 16 estimated timeline of when this will actually occur, however, OCM is anticipating early 2025. In 17 preparation, the City has been working, over the last several months, on drafting local ordinances to 18 ensure regulation of such businesses is done in a manner that meets local needs. However, state law is 19 fairly prescriptive, limiting the city's role in both the regulation of adult-use cannabis and lower potency 20 hemp. Locally, Roseville has been developing three different ordinances to address three different 21 aspects of adult-use cannabis: 1) zoning, 2) business registration, and 3) temporary events. 22 23 To date, the following meeting discussions have occurred surrounding this topic: 24 September 4, 2024 Planning Commission 25 September 9, 2024 City Council 26 October 2, 2024 Planning Commission 27 October 21, 2024 City Council 28 November 4, 2024 City Council 29 November 6, 2024 Planning Commission 30 All meeting materials, minutes and video from these discussions can be found on the City's Cannabis 31 Regulations webpage. 32 33 Zoning Ordinance 34 Since the City Council's last discussion on this topic, the Planning Commission held the required public 35 hearing on the ordinance imposing zoning regulations on cannabis and hemp uses. No members from 36 the public attended or provided testimony. The Commission unanimously recommended approval of the 37 ordinance. The draft ordinance discussed and recommended for approval was consistent with the draft Page 1 of 4 Qbhf!93!pg!745