Title
An Ordinance to Amend the Title of all Sections of and to Add a New Section 7:613 to Chapter 96 (Medical Marijuana Facilities) of Title VII of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Ordinance No. ORD-19-31)
Memorandum
The attached ordinance amendment amends Chapter 96 (Medical Marijuana Facilities), which currently requires City permits for medical marijuana facilties, by adding a requirement for a City permit for marijuana establishments. "Marijuana establishments" are businesses that are licensed by the state to engage activities that are commonly referred to as "recreational marijuana" or "adult use" activities under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA). MRTMA was an initiative petition submitted to and approved by the voters on November 6, 2018.
The ordinance amendment requires City permits for seven types of businesses, five of which engage in the same type of activities as medical marijuana businesses. There are two new types of business under the MRTMA called designated consumption establishments and microbusinesses, for which the ordinance amendment requires City permits. Two types of licenses added by MRTMA are not "establishments" but rather enable holding temporary events and the ordinance amendment does not require obtaining a City permit under Chapter 96. However, other ordinances applicable to events in general may apply.
For purposes of obtaining a City permit, the ordinance amendment combines as one type of business a retailer under the MRTMA and a medical marijuana provisioning center, which the ordinance amendment calls a "provisioning center/retailer." The ordinance amendment requires one City permit for each type of business operating at the same location whether they are operating under the MRTMA, the MMFLA, or both.
The types of businesses the state will license under the MRTMA are as follows:
* Grower (cultivates and sells marijuana to other businesses)
* Processor (purchases from a grower, extracts re...
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