MORATORIUM: Council restricts sale of cannabis within city limits—for now

would potentially be selling cannabis products in the future.

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Councilmember Dan Jones echos thoughts, expressing concerns over the vagueness of the state law and the potential problems this could cause.

“I support legalized cannabis, but not the way it’s rolled out,” Jones said.

In Jones’ ward, there is a store that

The current state law says stores selling cannabis cannot be within a certain distance from a school property but does not give any more details such as where the distance needs to be measured, such as from the center of the property or the far edge of the property.

The shop in question falls within this distance, but due to the vagueness of the state law, Jones does not know how city staff and the police department are going to deal with this.

“Managing it is turning out to be not so easy for multiple levels of staff,” Jones said. So, therefore, like the mayor said, take a breath, a step back and just wait.”

During a July 25 public hearing

Solomon Haile, owner of Summit Liquor, expressed concern that liquor and tobacco stores in neighboring cities can sell low-dose THC products while he is currently unable to.

In response, City Attorney Troy Gilchrist says the city is working on a licensing ordinance to go into effect before the expiration of the current moratorium Sept. 27, 2023 on the sale of low-dose edible cannabinoid products. This will allow liquor stores and tobacco shops to sell edible cannabinoid products.

“So that’s coming our way relatively soon,” Walsh said. “We’ll get on the same footing as our neighbors at least if we move quickly on that piece.” Crawford said letters were sent to tobacco and liquor license holders in the city discussing the proposed ordinance regarding low-dose edible cannabinoid products.

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