Zoning Ordinance Amendment for Cannabis Related Uses

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APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 19, 2024.


An ordinance amendment to Chapter 36 (ZONING) of the Edina City Code to allow for cannabis related uses authorized by Minnesota law Chapter 342. The amendment will establish which zoning districts certain cannabis uses will be allowed and any standards associated with those uses. Cannabis uses to be addressed in the amendment may include but are not limited to businesses involved in the retailing, wholesaling, processing, cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and transporting of cannabis in compliance with Minnesota law.

Background

The State legalized adult-use cannabis in Minnesota at the end of the 2023 legislative session. The law (State Statute Chapter 342) permits personal use, possession and transportation of cannabis by those 21 years of age and older and permits licensed businesses to conduct certain activities. The law also establishes a State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), which has the authority to license cannabis businesses. A municipality may not ban the types of cannabis businesses or activities authorized by State law and licensed by OCM. The City must decide which zoning districts these uses are allowed to operate in. Generally, these licensed activities include:

  • Cultivation
  • Delivery service
  • Manufacturing and processing
  • On-site consumption of edible cannabis products and lower-potency hemp edibles, such as gummies and drinks (does not include products consumed through smoking or vaporized delivery method)
  • Retail
  • Testing
  • Transportation
  • Wholesaling

As drafted, the ordinance proposes that cannabis retailers be a permitted use in the following zoning districts: Planned Commercial District 1, 2 and 3, Mixed Development District 6, and any Planned Unit Development that allows the uses in the Planned Commercial Districts. Cannabis retail would be a conditionally permitted use in the Mixed Development District 3, 4 and 5. This is similar to where liquor and tobacco stores are permitted.

Businesses engaged in cultivation, delivery service, manufacturing, processing, testing, transportation and wholesaling would be permitted in the Planned Industrial District. Businesses licensed by OCM for on-site consumption of edible cannabis products and lower-potency hemp edibles would be allowed as an accessory use in the Planned Industrial District, similar to a brewery taproom.

State law also allows a city to impose a buffer requirement to a cannabis business from other uses, such as schools, daycares, residential treatment facilities and attractions within a public park that are regularly used by minors, including a playground or athletic field. As drafted, the ordinance proposes a 500 foot buffer from each of these uses for consideration. Similar buffers are not applied to liquor and tobacco stores.

Cannabis businesses will be required to comply with all other requirements of the zoning ordinance including for signage, parking, building setbacks and height, floor area ratio, building design, and standards for noise, vibration, smoke, odor, glare and lighting.

For more information on the City's cannabis regulations, visit the Public Health Division's webpage.

APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 19, 2024.


An ordinance amendment to Chapter 36 (ZONING) of the Edina City Code to allow for cannabis related uses authorized by Minnesota law Chapter 342. The amendment will establish which zoning districts certain cannabis uses will be allowed and any standards associated with those uses. Cannabis uses to be addressed in the amendment may include but are not limited to businesses involved in the retailing, wholesaling, processing, cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and transporting of cannabis in compliance with Minnesota law.

Background

The State legalized adult-use cannabis in Minnesota at the end of the 2023 legislative session. The law (State Statute Chapter 342) permits personal use, possession and transportation of cannabis by those 21 years of age and older and permits licensed businesses to conduct certain activities. The law also establishes a State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), which has the authority to license cannabis businesses. A municipality may not ban the types of cannabis businesses or activities authorized by State law and licensed by OCM. The City must decide which zoning districts these uses are allowed to operate in. Generally, these licensed activities include:

  • Cultivation
  • Delivery service
  • Manufacturing and processing
  • On-site consumption of edible cannabis products and lower-potency hemp edibles, such as gummies and drinks (does not include products consumed through smoking or vaporized delivery method)
  • Retail
  • Testing
  • Transportation
  • Wholesaling

As drafted, the ordinance proposes that cannabis retailers be a permitted use in the following zoning districts: Planned Commercial District 1, 2 and 3, Mixed Development District 6, and any Planned Unit Development that allows the uses in the Planned Commercial Districts. Cannabis retail would be a conditionally permitted use in the Mixed Development District 3, 4 and 5. This is similar to where liquor and tobacco stores are permitted.

Businesses engaged in cultivation, delivery service, manufacturing, processing, testing, transportation and wholesaling would be permitted in the Planned Industrial District. Businesses licensed by OCM for on-site consumption of edible cannabis products and lower-potency hemp edibles would be allowed as an accessory use in the Planned Industrial District, similar to a brewery taproom.

State law also allows a city to impose a buffer requirement to a cannabis business from other uses, such as schools, daycares, residential treatment facilities and attractions within a public park that are regularly used by minors, including a playground or athletic field. As drafted, the ordinance proposes a 500 foot buffer from each of these uses for consideration. Similar buffers are not applied to liquor and tobacco stores.

Cannabis businesses will be required to comply with all other requirements of the zoning ordinance including for signage, parking, building setbacks and height, floor area ratio, building design, and standards for noise, vibration, smoke, odor, glare and lighting.

For more information on the City's cannabis regulations, visit the Public Health Division's webpage.

Public Input- Ordinance Amendment for Cannabis Related Uses

The City of Edina offers several ways for people to provide input on development projects. Regardless of the method, all public input is considered, so people need to use only one method. 

Instructions for leaving a public comment below:

  • Your comment will be available to Planning Commission, City Council, staff and others to review immediately instead of waiting until the public hearing.
  • Your comment will be posted and publicly viewable as soon as you hit 'Submit'.
  • You will not be able to edit or remove your comment.
  • Please introduce yourself, your neighborhood and your thoughts about this project.
    Example: Barbara Smith, The Heights. The project is two blocks from my home and my children would have to walk past it every day on their way to school. Please consider adding sidewalks to this project.

Other ways to provide comment:

1 - Leave a voicemail with your public input at 952-826-0377. Staff will submit the transcribed voicemail to Better Together Edina. (Available once project application is submitted)

2 - Two public hearings will take place for each development project in the City Hall Council Chambers, 4801 W. 50th St. Attend the meetings in person to give public input or watch the meetings live from home on Edina TV (Comcast Channels 813 or 16) or EdinaMN.gov/LiveMeetings(External link). Call in to provide live testimony at 312-535-8110. Call in access code and password are provided in the meeting agenda which can be found at EdinaMN.gov/Agendas(External link).  

Generally, the City Council makes a decision on each development project at the City Council meeting following the second public hearing.

If you have any difficulties with participating, contact Community Engagement Manager, MJ Lamon at MLamon@EdinaMN.gov or 952-826-0360.

Public input closed on Nov. 10, 2024. This item is on the Nov. 19, 2024 City Council agenda.

My name is Krissy Sommerstad. I live in South Cornelia, and my kids attend daycare in a retail-zone nearby. Near daycare, we have commercial and retail buildings that share a property line with daycare and many that share the public sidewalk that runs along our playgrounds. Due to increased commercial and residential activity, smoking on this public sidewalk has become a nuisance in the past 13 months, with smoke frequently wafting to where the kids are playing outside. A buffer must absolutely be in place around licensed daycares and schools to prevent increased 2nd hand smoke exposure and the risk of paraphernalia being dropped on the sidewalks, driveways and outdoor play spaces our kids utilize while entering, existing and attending daycare.

Kjsommerstad 6 months ago
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Hello City of Edina. This is Ann Rath 4801 Valley View Road in Edina. I live near the Wooddale and Valley View Road Area. This regards selling marijuana. I think that because of the Patisserie bakery and Snuffy’s Malt Shop restaurant, marijuana sales should be somewhere else because there are kids, teens, families and seniors who eat there. There are teens who work at Snuffy’s and school busses stop at Snuffy’s. You may want to have the marijuana sales at the Edina liquor store near Cub on York Avenue and 67th because I do like the way Edina manages their liquor sales there. I do see a policeman going in there now and then. It might just be the best safest way to handle the marijuana sales as well. Thank you, bye.
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