[Adopted 11-23-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021]
It is the intent of this article to opt the Village of Solvay
out of hosting retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption
establishments within its jurisdiction.
This article is adopted pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131,
which expressly authorizes Villages to opt out of allowing retail
cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption establishments
to locate and operate within their jurisdiction.
The Village Board of the Village of Solvay, County of Onondaga,
hereby opts out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site
cannabis consumption establishments from locating and operating within
the jurisdiction of the Village of Solvay, and hereby requests that
cannabis control board prohibit the establishment of such retail dispensary
licenses and on-site consumption licenses within the jurisdiction
of the Village of Solvay.
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 Secretary 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.