Ord. No. 2024-05

CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
ORDINANCE PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-05
AN ORDINANCE ADDING
TITLE 7, CHAPTER 12 OF
THE ROSEMOUNT CITY
CODE TO PROHIBIT THE
USE OF CANNABIS AND
HEMP IN PUBLIC PLACES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS as follows:
Section 1.
SECTION 1. The City Council
of the City of Rosemount hereby
supplements Title 7,
Chapter 12 of the Rosemount
City Code by adding a new chapter
as follows:
CHAPTER 12 – CANNABIS
AND HEMP
7-12-1– Definitions.
(A) For purposes of this article,
the terms “cannabis flower,” “cannabis products,” “lower- potency
hemp edibles,” and “hemp-derived
consumer products” shall have the
definitions given to them in Minnesota Statutes, section 342.01, as it
may be amended from time to time.
(B) For purposes of this article,
“public place” is defined as any indoor or outdoor area that is used
or held out for use by the public
whether owned or operated by
public or private interests. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
152.0263, subd. 5, “public place”
does not include the following:
(i) a private residence, including
the person’s curtilage or yard; (ii)
private property not generally accessible by the public; and (iii) the
premises of an establishment or
event licensed to permit on-site
consumption of cannabis flower,
cannabis products, lower-potency
hemp edibles, or hemp- derived
consumer products.
7-12-2- Use of cannabis and
hemp prohibited in public places.
No person shall use cannabis flower, cannabis products,
lower-potency hemp edibles, or
hemp-derived consumer products
in a public place. A violation of this
section shall be considered a petty misdemeanor notwithstanding
any other penalty provision in the
city code, and the city council may
establish a corresponding fine in its
fee schedule for violations of this
section.
7-12-3– Reserved.
SECTION 2. The City Council
of the City of Rosemount hereby
amends city’s 2024 fee schedule,
by adding the underlined language
as shown in the excerpt below.
Cannabis/Hemp Use in Public
Place $100.00
SECTION 3. This Ordinance
shall be effective the day following
its publication.
Dated this 28th day of June,
2024
/s/ Erin Fasbender, City Clerk
Published in the
Dakota County Tribune
June 28, 2024
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