File #: ID 2016-666    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance - 2nd Reading Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/24/2016 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 11/2/2016 Final action:
Title: PROVIDING FOR A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF ANY MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, AND SIMILAR TYPE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF MARGATE; PROVIDING FOR NOVEMBER REFERENDUM RESULTS; PROVIDING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE FOR DEFINITIONS AND USE CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Douglas E. Smith, City Manager

 

DATE:                     November 2, 2016

 

 

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PROVIDING FOR A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF ANY MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, AND SIMILAR TYPE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF MARGATE; PROVIDING FOR NOVEMBER REFERENDUM RESULTS; PROVIDING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE FOR DEFINITIONS AND USE CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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BACKGROUND:                     This proposed ordinance is to provide for a moratorium on the approval of any medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Margate, until the results of the November 8, 2016 referendum, regarding legalization of medical marijuana in Florida, and expected clarification by the State Legislature.

 

RECOMMENDATION:                     For approval.

 

The Margate City Commission approved this item at First Reading on October 19, 2016.                     

 

FISCAL IMPACT:                     None

 

 

CONTACT PERSON:                     Douglas R. Gonzales, City Attorney