REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: March 15, 2021 Report No. CSS-21-007
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Blair McDonald, Director of Community Safety Services
SUBJECT:
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Business Regulation Bylaw, Amendment No. 4, Cannabis Retail Sales, Hours of Operation
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council give first, second and third reading to Business Licence and Regulation Bylaw, 2013, No. 2810, Amendment Bylaw [No. 4], 2021, No. 3022.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Business Licence and Regulation Bylaw, 2013, No. 2810, as amended
Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, BSC 2018
Community Charter
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Excellence in Public Service: Engage, respect and respond to the needs of our community.
BACKGROUND:
In 2018, the Federal Government of Canada legalized recreational cannabis. Subsequently the Province of British Columbia established a regime for approval of retail cannabis outlets and regulations relating to sales through the Cannabis Distribution Act. The Provincial statute allows retail cannabis stores to be open during the hours of 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Provincial regulations were drafted after significant public consultation.
In October of 2018, Council passed Bylaw No. 2943 which amended the Business Licence Regulation Bylaw, 2013, No. 2810 by amending section 24 to read as follows:
Cannabis Retailers and Drug Paraphernalia
24. (1) No person shall operate a business for the purposes of selling cannabis or drug paraphernalia within a 0.5 kilometer radius from any point on the grounds of an Elementary, Junior Secondary or High School within the Municipality.
(2) No person carrying on a business shall display or permit to be displayed on a street or in any window facing a street, or elsewhere where it can be seen by a person outside the premises, any cannabis or drug paraphernalia.
(3) No person carrying on a business shall sell cannabis or drug paraphernalia to any person under the age of 19 years excep...
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