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East Bethel City Zoning Code

SECTION 30

- CANNABIS BUSINESS AND HEMP BUSINESS OPERATIONS

1.- Minimum buffer requirements.

A.

The operation of a cannabis business is prohibited within:

1)

One thousand feet of a school property line;

2)

Five hundred feet of a day care principal building;

3)

Five hundred feet of a residential treatment facility;

4)

Five hundred feet of an attraction within a public park that is regularly used by minors, including a playground or athletic field; and

5)

One thousand feet from another cannabis business.

As measured in a straight line from the closest part of the building or actual leased space of the cannabis business use-principal to the property line of the school, the closet part of the principal day care building, residential treatment facility and/or attraction within a public park.

B.

A cannabis event is exempt from 30.1.A restrictions.

2. - Noise.

There shall be no noise carrying beyond a lot upon which a business is located, except for normal car and pedestrian activity.

3. - Odor.

Cannabis businesses and hemp businesses shall be ventilated so that all odors cannot be detected by a person with a normal sense of smell at the exterior of the facility or at any adjoining use or property; they shall not produce noxious or dangerous gases or odors or otherwise create a danger to any person or entity in or near the facilities.

4. - Hours of operation.

Cannabis businesses are limited to retail sale of cannabis, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., seven days a week.

Lower-potency hemp edible retailers are prohibited from conducting the retail sale of lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products for off-site consumption between the hours of:

A.

On Sundays, except between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.;

B.

Before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday;

C.

On Thanksgiving Day;

D.

On Christmas Day, December 25; or

E.

After 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24.

Lower-potency hemp edible retailers are prohibited from conducting the retail sale of lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products for on-site consumption between the hours of:

A.

Between 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the days of Monday through Saturday;

B.

After 2:00 a.m. on Sundays, except for a restaurant, club, bowling center, or hotel with a seating capacity for at least 30 persons and which holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license may sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the hours of 8:00 a.m. on Sundays and 2:00 a.m. on Mondays.

5. - Signs.

Cannabis business and hemp businesses are subject to Section 54-754-10 regulation of freestanding signs and are permitted one wall sign subject to the maximum size and heights of applicable sections; all other signs are prohibited. Signs shall only contain words and shall not contain depict a cannabis flower, cannabis product, hemp edibles, hemp derived edible consumer product or any other logo, picture, image, or symbol intended to denote or suggest cannabis, hemp, or related paraphernalia. Additionally, a business logo containing the above depictions shall not be displayed as part of any exterior signage. No products, interior signage, advertisements, or like attention getting items shall be placed or displayed that may be visible from the exterior of the cannabis business or hemp business. this section shall apply to any and all signs including temporary, sandwich boards, etc.

6. - Lighting.

All lighting shall be shielded and angled in such a way as to prevent light from spilling outside of the boundaries of the parcel(s) or premises or directly focusing on any surrounding uses.

7. - Security.

Any security bars, gates or grills shall be retractable, shall remain open and retracted when the cannabis or hemp business is open to the public or otherwise in operation and shall not be installed on the exterior of the building.

8. - Outdoor use.

All uses and activity shall be conducted indoors, with no storage or activity allowed.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 3, 12-3-24)