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Olmsted County amends Environmental Public Health Services ordinance to add cannabis licensing, tobacco variances and a two‑year revocation buffer
Summary
After a public hearing, the Olmsted County Board approved changes to chapter 3,100 to add cannabis licensing, allow variances for tobacco and other license types, and bar an owner or operator from immediately reapplying for a revoked license for two years.
Olmsted County commissioners on Aug. 7 approved updates to chapter 3,100 of the county code — the Environmental Public Health Services ordinance — after a public hearing and staff presentation.
The changes, presented by an Olmsted County Public Health associate director identified in the hearing as Chowdhury, add cannabis licensing to the ordinance, allow the public health office to grant variances for tobacco and other environmental-health licenses in certain circumstances, and create a two‑year bar on reapplication following a license revocation.
Chowdhury told commissioners the ordinance “covers a plethora of the licenses that environmental health holds,” including…
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