The City intends to issue permits for certain adult use recreational marihuana establishments, and to regulate the same, to the extent they are permitted under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act. The City does not intend that permitting and regulation under this chapter should be construed as a finding that such establishments comply with any law. By requiring a City Adult Use Marihuana Establishment (AUME) Permit and compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the City intends to protect the public health, safety and welfare by:
(a) Promoting the safe, regulated manufacturing, production, and sale by state-licensed establishments of adult use recreational marihuana to adults age twenty-one and over, and to ensure the safe access to recreational marihuana to the City's residents of requisite age;
(b) Discouraging the sale of unsafe and unlicensed adult use recreational marihuana products;
(c) Specifically prohibiting the granting of special licenses within the City;
(d) Preserving and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City and the general public by minimizing unsafe and unregulated adult use recreational marihuana production and sale; and
(e) Establishing standards and procedures by which the siting, operating, and maintaining of an adult recreational marihuana establishment shall be governed.
(Ord. 14-2019. Passed 10-15-19.)