Unless otherwise provided, the following acts shall be a violation of this chapter:
(A) Illegal possession. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under the age of 21 to have any THC product in his or her possession. This division shall not apply to persons under the age of 21 who are lawfully involved in a compliance check or to employees of a licensee who are at least 18 years of age and are acting in the course and scope of their employment for a licensee.
(B) Illegal use. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under the age of 21 to consume or otherwise use any licensed product.
(C) Illegal procurement. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under 21 years of age to purchase or attempt to purchase or otherwise obtain any licensed product, and it shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to purchase or otherwise obtain such items on behalf of a person under 21 years of age. It shall further be a violation for any person to coerce or attempt to coerce a person under 21 years of age to illegally purchase or otherwise obtain or use any licensed product. This division shall not apply to persons under 21 years of age who are lawfully involved in a compliance check.
(D) Use of false identification. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under 21 years of age to attempt to disguise his or her true age by the use of any form of false identification, including but not limited to an identification card of another real or fictional person and one on which the age of the person has been modified or tampered with to represent an age older than the actual age of the person.
(E) Tampering with packaging. No licensee shall directly or through any other person alter or tamper with the contents of any original package so as to change its composition or THC content while in the original package. Possession on the premises by the licensee of any licensed product in a package differing in composition or THC content in the product when received from the manufacturer or wholesaler from whom it was purchased shall be prima facie evidence that the contents of the original package has been changed or tampered with. It shall be the licensee's burden to prove, by the preponderance of the evidence, that the contents have not been tampered with.
(F) Restrictions on consumption and use. No person shall consume or possess licensed products on a public street, highway, sidewalk, park, public or private school property, or in any public facility, on any form of public transportation or transit, at any other public place, or at any location where medical cannabis possession and use are prohibited by M.S. § 152.23, as the same may be amended from time to time. Provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit any person from possessing licensed product while using a public street, highway, or sidewalk, to travel directly from the point of a lawful purchase to a place of lawful use.
(G) Taxicabs. No person shall consume licensed products while riding in any taxicab licensed by the city. No person who is licensed by the city to operate a taxicab shall operate a taxicab while possessing, using, or being under the influence of any licensed product.
(H) Other city-issued licenses. No person shall possess, use, distribute, or be under the influence of any licensed product while performing any task for which any license has been issued by the city. A violation of this division shall be grounds for suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of any such license.
(Ord. 012, fourth series, passed 9-19-2023)