Saint Paul Title 7 limits cannabis retailers, lower-potency hemp edible retailers, and cannabis cultivation to specific zoning districts and requires minimum buffer distances from schools, daycares, and residential treatment facilities, consistent with Minn. Stat. §342.13.
Under Minn. Stat. §342.13, cities may impose reasonable distance buffers up to 1,000 feet from schools, 500 feet from daycares, residential treatment facilities, and public parks frequently used by minors, but cannot effectively prohibit retail. Saint Paul's Title 7 cannabis ordinance, adopted after Minnesota legalized adult-use cannabis through HF 100 in 2023, applies these statutory maximum buffers and limits retail to commercial and traditional neighborhood districts. The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) issues state licenses; Saint Paul issues local registrations and verifies buffer compliance. Existing lower-potency hemp retailers were grandfathered subject to compliance with state rules.
Operating within a prohibited buffer or without local registration can trigger denial or revocation of the city registration, OCM enforcement, and code-enforcement action under Title 7.
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