[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Middletown 7-20-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this enactment is to prohibit the establishment of retail dispensary licenses and on-site consumption licenses regarding cannabis within the City of Middletown pursuant to § 131 of the Cannabis Law.
Pursuant to § 131 of the Cannabis Law, the City of Middletown hereby requests the Cannabis Control Board of the State of New York to prohibit the establishment of cannabis retail dispensary licenses and usages and to prohibit the establishment of cannabis on-site consumption licenses and usages within the jurisdiction of the City of Middletown.
Pursuant to § 131 of the Cannabis Law, this chapter is subject to a permissive referendum governed by § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
If the provisions of any article, section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this chapter shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any article, section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this chapter.
This chapter shall be effective upon filing with the office of the Secretary of State.