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<br />MINUTES OF THE HOUSING, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE <br />FEBRUARY 20, 2024 <br />AUDITORIUM <br />Present: Councilmembers Bullock (Chair), Shachner, Baker <br />Also Present: Councilmember Marx, Councilmember Strebig, Mayor George, Law Director <br />Vargo, Assistant Law Director Swallow, Planning Director Leininger, and Council Staff. <br />Call to Order: 6:38 p.m. <br />Approval of the minutes of the January 16, 2024 Housing, Planning & Development <br />Committee meeting. <br />A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the January 16, 2024 Housing, <br />Planning & Development Committee meeting. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. <br />Minutes approved. <br />ORDINANCE 41-2023 - AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it <br />receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council to <br />amend Chapter 779 Medical Marijuana Operations of the Codified Ordinances of <br />the City of Lakewood to provide a permitting process for both Medical and Adult <br />Use Marijuana Dispensaries. (1st read & referred to HPD 12/18/23; 2nd reading <br />1/2/24) <br />ORDINANCE 42-2023 - AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it <br />receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council to <br />amend Schedule 1129.02 Permitted uses in commercial districts and Chapter 1165 <br />Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of <br />Lakewood and to permit Medical and Adult Use Marijuana Dispensaries in <br />Commercial Districts. (1st read & referred to PC & HPD 12/18/23; 2nd reading <br />1/2/24) <br />Chairman Bullock confirmed that the administration shared an edited version of the introduced <br />ordinances earlier during the workday. He said they would begin by having Council Shachner <br />review the original version and his intent behind the ordinances, and then they would hear from <br />the administration. <br />Councilman Shachner said that the purpose of the two ordinances was to get the ball rolling on <br />the City’s zoning code and licensing for adult use marijuana, since there was some <br />misunderstanding by residents regarding the intention of the moratorium. He confirmed that <br />Ordinance 42-2023 was also referred to the Planning Commission, which has not yet met on the <br />topic. <br />Councilman Shachner stressed that drafting these two ordinances will be an on-going process <br />since the newly created Ohio Division of Cannabis Control is currently working on their <br />1 <br /> <br />