M1approve the agenda
moved by commissioner hippler, seconded by commissioner Perl
All in favor by voice vote; motion carried.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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The Planning and Zoning Commission handled routine business and recommended a conservative cannabis zoning ordinance for City Council review.
6 items as recorded in the packet and minutes.
ACall to order and flag pledge
Meeting called to order followed by the flag pledge.
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BRoll call
Roll call was taken. The transcript records chairman Ames, Vice chair haa, commissioners bees, Carlson, Jorgenson, Perell, mayor Pon, planner Cindy Nash, and administrator Scott ler present, with commissioner Lewis excused.
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CApprove or amend agenda
The commission considered approval or amendment of the meeting agenda.
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DApprove or amend September 24, 2024 regular meeting minutes
The commission considered the September 24, 2024 regular meeting minutes, including a correction related to the notes on commissioner Lewis arriving and commissioner Carlson being absent.
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EPublic hearing: cannabis zoning ordinance
The commission held a public hearing on a cannabis zoning ordinance and discussed retail registration, zoning districts, buffers, indoor cultivation, hours, and how conservative the recommendation should be before City Council review.
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FAdjournment
The commission moved to adjourn at the end of the meeting.
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What this meeting did about specific topics, organized by issue rather than by document.
Cannabis zoning ordinance
The commission held a public hearing and discussion on a zoning ordinance for cannabis businesses. The discussion focused on starting conservatively before the January 1 deadline, including lower-potency hemp edible retailers in the cannabis retail business definition, leaving the retail registration language for final City Council handling, checking whether retail hours can be limited to Monday through Saturday, requiring cultivation, manufacturing, processing, testing, and storage to occur inside a completely enclosed building, and asking whether industrial operations can be limited to about 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. if legally allowed. The transcript records that the public hearing was closed and the commission carried a motion to recommend the ordinance with the planner's stated changes for council review.
Agenda: E. Motions: M3. Speakers: Cindy Nash, mayor Pon, commissioner hippler, commissioner Carlson, commissioner Perl, chairman Ames.
September 24 minutes correction
The commission reviewed the September 24, 2024 regular meeting minutes. A correction was requested because the minutes noted commissioner Lewis arriving at 7:08 p.m. and listed commissioner Carlson absent twice, with one entry described as having a typo. The transcript records a motion to approve the minutes with that correction and that the motion carried.
Agenda: D. Motions: M2. Speakers: commissioner B.
Routine meeting administration
The commission opened the meeting, recited the pledge, took roll call, approved the agenda, and later moved to adjourn. The transcript records commissioner Lewis as excused and the agenda approval motion as carried.
Agenda: A, B, C, F. Motions: M1, M4. Speakers: chairman Ames, Scotty, commissioner hippler, commissioner Perl, commissioner Jer, Comm B.
4 motions on the record. Split votes are highlighted.
M1approve the agenda
moved by commissioner hippler, seconded by commissioner Perl
All in favor by voice vote; motion carried.
M2approve the minutes as written with the correction
seconded by commissioner B
All in favor by voice vote; motion carried.
M3make a recommendation with uh our planner has just revealed to us
moved by commissioner Carlson, seconded by commissioner Perl
All in favor by voice vote; motion carried.
M4motion Jour
moved by commissioner Jer, seconded by Comm B
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what I did here in this ordinance is I took um our discussion from last month and I drafted a version of the ordinance that is um cons very conservative in terms of what it would or would not allow
— Cindy Nash
What this is about
Prior Planning Commission discussion of the cannabis zoning ordinance and how conservative the draft should be.
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one of the other things we talked about last month too is that if we go very restrictive now and then as the um as I think I mentioned last month there's still a lot of different interpretation differences between different people who are reading these statutes
— Cindy Nash
What this is about
Prior discussion about adopting a restrictive cannabis ordinance first and amending it later after state rules and interpretations become clearer.
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I thought last time when we discussed that we we talked about keeping it in the commercial industrial zones because there's still agricultural going on in those zones but it didn't open it up to all the residential areas
— mayor Pon
What this is about
Prior discussion about limiting cannabis uses to commercial and industrial zones rather than opening them to residential/agricultural areas.
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you guys remember when Harvey had this corner L up and he had his lights going out instead of in yeah you couldn't see at that intersection right right yeah
What this is about
A prior lighting problem involving Harvey was recalled as an example of why security or outdoor lighting could matter.
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we talked about immuni way back when we first became a city what our options were from nothing to a ammun to anything in between
What this is about
Prior city discussions when Nowthen first became a city about whether to operate a municipal store or similar municipal business.
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