[Adopted 7-13-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
This article is adopted pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131,
which expressly authorizes Villages to opt out of allowing retail
cannabis dispensaries and/or on-site cannabis consumption establishments
to locate and operate within their 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 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 thirty-day permissive referendum period
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.