It was unanimous. All five members of the City Council by consensus agreed to direct city staff to draft a final ordinance banning commercial enterprises related to marijuana in the city. The decision was made during Tuesday’s city council meeting.
City Attorney Colin Bogener presented the council with information concerning the background of marijuana laws in the state, as well as upcoming laws and regulations, what other cities are doing on the subject, including lawsuits against the state’s regulations.
The presentation also gave the council knowledge on what the city will need to consider as it moves forward on a final ordinance that regulates cannabis.
City Manager Kristina Miller said the current ordinance on the books that bans commercial cannabis businesses in the city has lived out its allowed extensions and the city’s need to pen a final ordinance previous to a deadline set by the state. If the city didn’t produce its own regulations, the state would take over the decision making on the local front.
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