[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Oneida
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-16-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
This article is enacted pursuant to the New York State Constitution
and New York Municipal Home Rule Law § 10 and Cannabis Law
§ 131.
It is the intent of the Common Council of the City of Oneida
to opt the City of Oneida out from hosting retail cannabis dispensaries
and on-site cannabis consumption establishments within its boundaries.
The Common Council of the City of Oneida, County of Madison,
hereby opts out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site
cannabis consumption establishments from locating and operating within
the boundaries of the City of Oneida.
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.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the New York State Department of State. Pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131,
this article is subject to a permissive referendum and thus may not
be filed with the Secretary of State until the applicable time period
has elapsed to file a petition or a referendum has been conducted
approving this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: No valid petition for referendum was filed.
