Council discussed the village moratorium on medical and recreational marijuana facilities and a range of policy options to consider as the moratorium expiration approaches.

The law director and council reviewed recent state developments and local policy choices. Staff noted the state’s excise structure: a 10% tax on retail marijuana, with 3.6 percentage points of that amount sent to the local municipality under current law. Council members discussed whether to extend the moratorium, adopt specific zoning provisions (e.g., limit the number of retail outlets, conditional-use permitting, design standards), or replace the moratorium with code language that imposes an impact fee or other local terms.

The law director said other jurisdictions had used limits on facility numbers or impact fees and that the village could draft zoning language to require conditional use review, design requirements and possible one-time or recurring payments as part of local regulation. Council directed staff to produce draft language for consideration at the next meeting rather than immediately extending the moratorium; members said they want options that would allow petitions to proceed with clear local standards rather than a blanket ban.

No formal action to adopt or extend a moratorium was taken at the meeting; staff will provide zoning language options for council review at a future meeting.