Plain City Council extends cannabis moratorium and approves ban on recreational marijuana sales
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Summary
Plain City Council on Feb. 24 approved an extension of a moratorium on adult cannabis cultivation/processing/retail and passed an ordinance that prohibits cultivation, processing and retail sale of recreational marijuana within the village.
Plain City Council on Feb. 24 approved a short-term extension of the village's moratorium on adult cannabis cultivation, processing and retail sale (Ordinance 03-2025) and passed an ordinance (05-2025) to prohibit cultivation, processing and retail sale of recreational marijuana within the village of Plain City.
The council first moved to remove the moratorium from the table before voting. After the motion to untable carried, the council approved Ordinance 03-2025 to extend the moratorium. The council then proceeded with a second reading and a vote on Ordinance 05-2025, which the meeting packet describes as an amendment to the codified ordinances (chapter 724, business regulation code) to prohibit recreational marijuana cultivation, processing and dispensing within the village.
Why it matters: The pair of actions keeps a temporary pause in place while the council implements a permanent local prohibition on recreational cannabis activity. The moratorium preserves existing land-use and permitting conditions while the code amendment (Ordinance 05-2025) changes the village's business regulation code to bar local commercial recreational cannabis activity.
Votes and motions recorded in the transcript: For the procedural motion to untable Ordinance 03-2025, the transcript records affirmative votes from Councilmember E. Bailey, the Council President (unnamed in the transcript), Councilmember Harrison, Councilmember Terry, Councilmember Lewis and Councilmember Ferguson. For Ordinance 05-2025 the transcript records affirmative votes from Councilmember Lewis, Councilmember Harriman, Councilmember G. Bailey, Councilmember Ferguson, Councilmember Senz and Councilmember Terry. The transcript records these votes as oral roll-call "Yes" responses; no "No" or "Abstain" votes on these ordinances are recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
What the ordinances say (as recorded in the meeting): Ordinance 03-2025 was described in the meeting as an extension of the existing moratorium; the transcript does not specify the moratorium's new expiration date or other substantive text. Ordinance 05-2025 was described as an amendment to the codified ordinances (chapter 724) to prohibit cultivation, processing or dispensing of recreational marijuana within the village of Plain City.
Next steps: Both measures were approved during the Feb. 24 meeting according to the transcript. The transcript does not record any immediate implementation timeline or enforcement details; the ordinances themselves (text and effective dates) would need to be consulted for exact legal effect.
Ending: The council returned to other agenda items after the votes. The transcript records subsequent items including public hearings set for April 14 and a series of administrative resolutions approved later in the meeting.
