[Adopted 11-10-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021]
It is the intent of this article to opt the Incorporated Village
of Muttontown out of having retail cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site
cannabis consumption establishments within its municipal boundaries.
This article is adopted pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131,
which expressly authorized villages to opt out of allowing retail
cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis consumption establishments
to locate and operate within their municipal boundaries.
The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Muttontown
hereby opts out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site
cannabis consumption establishments from locating and operating within
its municipal boundaries.
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 to 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. 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.