(A) The purpose of this chapter is to exercise the police, regulatory, and land use powers of the village by licensing and regulating medical marihuana provisioning centers, medical marihuana grower facilities, medical marihuana safety compliance facilities, medical marihuana secure transporters, and medical marihuana processor facilities to the extent permissible under State of Michigan and federal laws and regulations and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the village; and as such this chapter constitutes a public purpose.
(B) The village finds that the activities described in this chapter are significantly connected to the public health, safety, security and welfare of its citizens and it is therefore necessary to regulate and enforce safety, security, fire, police, health and sanitation practices related to such activities and also to provide a method to defray administrative costs incurred by such regulation and enforcement.
(C) It is not the intent of this chapter to diminish, abrogate, or restrict the protections for medical use of marihuana found in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act as defined herein.
(Ord. 2017-5, passed 8-21-2017; Ord. 2019-1, passed 8-19-2019)