For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMPLIANCE CHECKS. The system the city uses to investigate and ensure that those authorized to sell licensed products are following and complying with the requirements of this chapter. COMPLIANCE CHECKS shall involve the use of minors as authorized by this chapter. COMPLIANCE CHECKS shall also mean the use of minors who attempt to purchase licensed products for educational, research and training purposes as authorized by state and federal laws. COMPLIANCE CHECKS may also be conducted by other units of government for the purpose of enforcing appropriate federal, state or local laws and regulations relating to licensed products.
LICENSE. A license issued under this chapter.
LICENSED PRODUCT or THC PRODUCT. Any product that contains more than trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol and that meets the requirements to be sold for human or animal consumption under M.S. § 151.72, as the same may be amended from time to time. LICENSED PRODUCT or THC PRODUCT does not include medical cannabis.
MEDICAL CANNABIS. Shall have the meaning provided in M.S. § 152.22, subd. 6, as the same may be amended from time to time.
MOVEABLE PLACE OF BUSINESS. Any form of business operated out of a kiosk, truck, van, automobile, trailer, or other type of vehicle or transportable shelter and is not a fixed address storefront or other permanent type of structure authorized for sales transactions.
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. Any place of business where licensed products are available for sale to the general public.
SALE. Any transfer of goods for money, trade, barter, or other consideration.
SELF-SERVICE MERCHANDISING. Open displays of licensed products in any manner where any person shall have access to the licensed products without the assistance or intervention of the licensee or the licensee’s employee. The assistance or intervention shall entail the actual physical exchange of the licensed product between the customer and the licensee or employee. SELF-SERVICE SALES are interpreted as being any sale where there is not an actual physical exchange between the clerk and the customer.
(Ord. 35, Eighth Series, effective 1-22-2023)