[Adopted 12-15-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]
It is the intent of this article to opt out of allowing cannabis
retail dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption sites in the
City of Glen Cove that would otherwise be allowed under Cannabis Law
Article 4.
This article is adopted pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131,
which expressly authorizes the City Council to adopt a local law requesting
the Cannabis Control Board to prohibit the establishment of cannabis
retail dispensaries and/or on-site consumption licenses within the
jurisdiction of the City and is subject to a permissive referendum,
the procedure of which is governed by Municipal Home Rule Law § 24.
The City Council of the City of Glen Cove, County of Nassau,
State of New York, hereby opts out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries
and on-site cannabis consumption sites from being established and
operated within the City's jurisdiction.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or part of this
article or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,
or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision
or part of the article or in its application to the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.