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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO RESOLUTION NO. 2023 - 84 BY: Mayor Jones A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ENACTED BY RESOLUTION 2022-100 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS, WHICH RESOLUTION HAD DECLARED A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING, ZONING OR OCCUPANCY PERMITS FOR PREMISES TO BE OCCUPIED BY AND USED, IN TOTAL OR IN PART, FOR THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION ON SITE OF KAVA, KRA TOM, DELTA 8-THCAND /OR DELTA 9 -THC; AND FURTHER TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING ANY SUCH SIMILAR USE PERMIT, LICENSE, VARIANCE OR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR SAID FACILITIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Resolution 2022-100 is incorporated herein by reference, as if fully rewritten, and the Director of Economic and Community Development advises that the facts and circumstances in support of the Moratorium remain, and further recommends that the Moratorium be extended for an additional sixty (60) days; and WHEREAS, Resolution 2022-100 was enacted and effective on November 1, 2022, and remained in effect through May 1, 2023, or such date as may be determined by Council; and WHEREAS, Resolution 202347 was enacted and effective on April 18, 2023, and extended Resolution 2022-100 beyond May 1, 2023, for 90 days and will continue in effect until August 1, 2023, or such date as may be determined by Council; and WHEREAS, this Council has introduced and has pending for review Ordinance 2023-52, Ordinance 2023-53 and Ordinance 2023-54, together which relate to and address zoning amendments for this property usage, otherwise subject to the Moratorium, as extended, which property usage may be added as conditionally permitted principal use of commercial property, subject to spatial and other limitations that may be imposed by said Ordinance; and WHEREAS, this Council is advised by the Director of Law that, due to the time required for Public Hearing and review by Planning and Design Commission, together with time for three readings and Committee review by this Council, a further extension of the Moratorium imposed by Resolution 2022-100 is necessary to address the thirty (30) day time period required in the event of and after the passage of Ordinance 2023-52, Ordinance 2023-53 and Ordinance 2023- 54, for said Ordinances to take effect as a matter of law; and WHEREAS, based upon the reports attached to Resolution 2022-100 and incorporated herein, this Council desires additional time to study and research the unregulated proliferation of these property uses and to what extent the sale and consumption on site of such substances constitutes a public nuisance that interferes with the health, safety and general welfare of the public; and