[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Hills 8-18-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This local law was originally adopted as Ch. 18 but was renumbered to maintain the organization of the Code. This local law was also subject to permissive referendum; no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of 10-5-2021.
[Adopted 8-18-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
It is the policy and intent of the Village of North Hills ("Village") to prohibit the licensing and establishment of retail cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis consumption establishments within the Village. By the enactment of this article, the Board of Trustees is exercising its authority to request, and is requesting, the New York State Cannabis Control Board to prohibit the establishment within the Village of such retail dispensary licenses and/or on-site consumption licenses otherwise authorized pursuant to Article 4 of the New York Cannabis Law.
This article is enacted pursuant to New York Cannabis Law § 131, which grants authority to the Village to opt out, and thereby prohibit, the issuance of licenses for, and the operation of, retail cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis consumption establishments in the Village. This article is intended to exercise the said authority of the Village to the maximum permissible extent.
A. 
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Village of North Hills hereby opts out of licensing and establishing cannabis retail dispensaries and/or cannabis on-site consumption establishments within the Village of North Hills.
B. 
On and after the effective date of this section, no governmental agency shall approve or issue any license or other authority to permit, establish or operate any cannabis retail dispensary and/or cannabis on-site consumption establishment within the Village of North Hills.
C. 
No property or premises in the Village may be operated or used, in whole or in part, for a cannabis retail dispensary and/or cannabis on-site consumption establishment, as those terms are defined in the New York Cannabis Law.