A. No medical use or adult-use cannabis business establishment, or cannabis paraphernalia retail establishment, nor any other person or entity shall engage in advertising that contains any statement or illustration that:
1. Is false or misleading;
2. Promotes overconsumption of cannabis or cannabis products;
3. Depicts the actual consumption of cannabis or cannabis products;
4. Depicts a person under twenty-one (21) years of age consuming cannabis;
5. Makes any health, medicinal, or therapeutic claims about cannabis or cannabis-infused products;
6. Includes the image of a cannabis leaf, flower, or bud; or
7. Includes any image designed or likely to appeal to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that is designed in any manner to be appealing to or encourage consumption by persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.
B. No medical use or adult-use cannabis business establishment, or cannabis paraphernalia retail establishment, nor any other person or entity shall place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, an advertisement of cannabis or a cannabis-infused product in any form or through any medium:
1. Within one thousand two hundred (1,200) feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a childcare center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade to which admission is not restricted to persons twenty-one (21) years of age or older;
2. On or in a public transit vehicle or public transit shelter;
3. On or in publicly owned or publicly operated property; or
4. That contains information that:
a. Is false or misleading;
b. Promotes excessive consumption of cannabis or cannabis products;
c. Depicts the actual consumption of cannabis or cannabis products;
d. Depicts a person under twenty-one (21) years of age consuming cannabis;
e. Includes the image of a cannabis leaf, flower, or bud; or
f. Includes any image designed or likely to appeal to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that are popularly used to advertise to children, or any imitation of candy packaging or labeling, or that promotes consumption of cannabis.
C. Subsections (A) and (B) above do not apply to an educational message.
D. Sales promotions. No medical use or adult-use cannabis business establishment, or cannabis paraphernalia retail establishment, nor any other person or entity may encourage the sale of cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis paraphernalia by giving away cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis paraphernalia, by conducting games, competitions, lotteries, or drawings related to the sale, giving away of, or consumption of cannabis or cannabis products, or by providing promotional materials or activities about cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis paraphernalia of a manner or type that would be appealing to children.
E. Penalty. A violation of this Section 11-9-12 shall be a Civil Case punishable as provided in Chapter 4 of the Jerseyville Code of Ordinances. (Ord. 1802, 11-14-2023)