[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Somerset as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-8-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
It is the intent of this chapter to opt the Town of Somerset out of hosting retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption establishments within its boundaries.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131, which expressly authorizes towns to opt out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption establishments to locate and operate within their boundaries.
The Town Board of the Town of Somerset, County of Niagara, hereby opts out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption establishments from locating and operating within the boundaries of the Town of Somerset, excluding the Village of Barker.
If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this chapter 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 chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this chapter 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 law is subject to permissive referendum, and shall become effective immediately upon the filing of the law with the office of the Secretary of State.[1]
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Editor's Note: No valid petition for referendum was filed as of 3-2-2022.