Ordinance 607 To Amend the C-1 (General Commercial ) District and Related Amendments to Regulate Cannabis BusinessesCITY OF SHOREWOOD
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE 607
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD TO AMEND THE C-1(GENERAL COMMERCIAL)
DISTRICT AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO REGULATE CANNABIS BUSINESSES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: AMENDMENT. That the Municipal Code of Shorewood, Minnesota, Chapter
1201.02 (DEFINITIONS), is hereby amended as set forth below by adding the following
definition:
CANNABIS BUSINESS. An establishment engaged in the cultivation, manufacture, distribution,
wholesale sales or purchasing, processing, packaging, testing, and/or sale of cannabis that is
further defined and validly licensed and registered consistent with Minnesota Statute 342. The
size and type of business is determined by the State license type, as defined in MS 342, and may
be listed as an allowed use in a particular district based on the business's function.
SECTION 2: AMENDMENT. That the Municipal Code of Shorewood, Minnesota, Chapter
1201.03. Subd. 5 Off-street parking requirements, is hereby amended as set forth below by
adding the underlined language and deleting the &tFil(ethF9wg4 language as follows:
h. Number of Spaces required. The following minimum number of off-street parking
spaces shall be provided and maintained by ownership, easement and/or lease for and during
the life of the respective uses hereinafter set forth. More than one category may apply to any
one business, building or property:
(11) Retail Store, bakery, and service establishment, including but not limited to:
(a)
Catering establishment;
(b)
Copy service or print shop;
(c)
Dry cleaner;
(d)
Employment agency;
(e)
Laundromat;
(f)
Massage therapy;
(g)
Photography studio;
(h)
Tanning salon;
(i)
Veterinary clinic; a*4
(j) Electronic media rental and sales and,
lk Retail cannabis businesses:
one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
(24) Laboratories or testing facilities, or Mmanufacturing, fabricating or processing of a
product or material: one space for each 350 square feet of floor area, plus one space for each
company -owned ipl*vehicle (if not stored inside the principal building);
(25) Warehousing, storage or handling of bulk goods: that space which is solely used as office
shall comply with the office use requirements and one space per each 1,000 square feet of floor
area, plus one space for each employee on maximum shift and one space for each company -
owned 4i4c*vehicle (if not stored inside principal building);
SECTION 3: AMENDMENT. That the Municipal Code of Shorewood, Minnesota, Chapter
1201.22. C-1, General Commercial District Subd. 4 Conditional Uses, is hereby amended as set
forth below by adding the underlined language and deleting the s4ikethF9Wgl4 language as
follows:
Subd. 4. Conditional Uses: The following are conditional uses allowed in a C-1 District
(requires a conditional use permit based on procedures set forth in and regulated by Section
1201.04):
Cannabis business, provided that;
(1) Cannabis businesses shall be prohibited within 700 feet of a school or 500 feet of a
daycare residential treatment center, attraction within a public park that is regularly
used by minors including but not limited to, playgrounds or athletic fields. The
distance shall be measured from the property line of the property where the
cannabis business is located to the property line of a property with a daycare,
residential treatment center or public park.
(2) Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 462.367 subd. 14, nothing in Section 3.1 shall prohibit an
active cannabis business or a cannabis business seeking registration from continuing
operation at the same site if a school/daycare/residential treatment facility/
attraction within a public park that is regularly used by minors, moves into the
minimum buffer zone.
(3) The following shall apply to any cannabis business with retail sales:
(a) No retail cannabis business shall be located within 500 feet of another retail
cannabis business within the city boundaries of Shorewood. The distance shall
be measured from the property lines of the properties where the cannabis
businesses are located.
(b) Retail sales are permitted only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(c) Retail cannabis businesses (including the retail portions of microbusinesses or
mezzobusinesses as defined by MS 342) are limited to one business for each
12,500 residents in Shorewood.
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance 607 adopting the Amendments to City Code,
Chapter 1201, Zoning Regulations shall take effect upon publication in the City's official
newspaper.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood, Minnesota, this 261h day of
August, 2024.
ieptliter LaKadie, Mayor
Idaw
Sandie Thone, City Clerk