[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Great Neck as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-16-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021]
It is the intent of this article to opt the Village of Great
Neck out of hosting retail cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis
consumption establishments within its boundaries.
This article is adopted pursuant to NYS Cannabis Law § 131,
which expressly authorizes villages to opt out of allowing retail
cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis consumption establishments
to locate and operate within their boundaries.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck hereby opts
out of licensing and establishing cannabis retail dispensaries and/or
cannabis on-site consumption establishments within its boundaries,
and requests the NYS Cannabis Control Board to prohibit the establishment
of any such retail dispensary licenses and/or on-site consumption
licenses within the Village of Great Neck.
If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, or part of this article or the application thereof to
any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or unconstitutional,
the court's order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate
the remainder of this article, but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this 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.
