(A) The purpose of this chapter is to license and regulate recreational or adult use marihuana establishments to the extent they are licensed under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, being Initiated Law 1 of 2018, M.C.L. §§ 333.27951 et seq., as amended. The city does not intend that licensing and regulation under this chapter be construed as a finding that such businesses are legal under state or federal law. Although some specific uses of medical marihuana are allowed by the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, marihuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance under federal law and as such, growing, distributing, and possessing marihuana, other than as part of a federally authorized research program, as well as other activities as set forth in federal law, is a violation of federal law. By requiring a license and compliance with requirements as provided in this chapter, the city intends to protect, to the extent possible, the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of and visitors to the city that may result from the activities of persons who unilaterally, or on the advice of their own attorney, determine that they may legally operate a recreational or adult use marihuana establishment.
(B) The operation of a licensed marihuana establishment is a revocable privilege and not a right in the city. Nothing in this chapter is to be construed to grant a property right for an individual or business entity to apply for, obtain, or have renewed, a city-issued license to engage in the use, distribution, cultivation, production, possession, transportation, or sale of recreational or adult use marihuana as a commercial enterprise in the city.
(Ord. O-222, passed 9-14-2020, effective 9-24-2020)