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ORDINANCE No. 2023-07
ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 2022-15 AN INTERIM ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE
SALE, TESTING, MANUFACTURING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF INTOXICATING
AND PSYCHOACTIVE CANNABINOIDS
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Background:
A. Minn.Stat.462.355,subd.4, provides that a municipality may adopt an interim
ordinance for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health,safety,and general
welfare of its residents. Minn.Stat.§412.221,subd.32 provides that a city is authorized to
regulate any use in order to promote the health,safety,and welfare of its citizens.
B. The City Council adopted Ordinance 2022-15,an interim ordinance prohibiting the sale,
testing, manufacturing,and distribution of THC Products for one year.That ordinance became
effective on September 13,2022.
C. City staff and the City Council studied and reviewed the need for local controls of THC-
containing products in light of 2023 Session Laws Chapter 63, regulating the production and sale of
THC products.
D. An interim ordinance prohibiting the sale of THC products in the City is no longer
necessary because the State statute imposes sufficient control over the sale and consumption of
THC products.
Section 2. Repeal: Ordinance 2022-15,an interim ordinance prohibiting the sale,testing,
manufacturing,and distribution of intoxicating and psychoactive cannabinoids, is repealed in its
entirety.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 27th day of June, 2023.
Jeffry Wosje, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jodi Gallup, City Clerk