MARSHALL — On Tuesday, the Marshall City Council approved a set of local regulations for cannabis businesses.
The updated city ordinances require licensed cannabis retailers to register with the city. They also put a limit on the number of cannabis business registrations in the city.
“It builds on our existing registration system for our lower-potency hemp edible products,” said Marshall City Attorney Pam Whitmore. “What this ordinance does is create additional registration for cannabis retailers.”
The proposed ordinance updates were introduced earlier this month.
Whitmore said the ordinances included “a lot of new definitions” of cannabis products and business types. The proposed ordinances also said the city would limit the number of cannabis business registrations in Marshall to two.
“State statute requires a minimum of applications to be accepted or licensed for retail operators, based on one per every 12,500 population,” said Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes. “Since our population is 13,906, that means two is our minimum.”
The ordinance did not have a registration limit on retailers selling lower-potency hemp products.
One new piece of the ordinances that had been filled in since the council last discussed them was the hours of operation allowed for cannabis retail.
“Based on the recommendations of the Public Health center, we set the hours for 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, for all of those retail sales,” Whitmore said.
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