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Trustees direct staff to prioritize age restriction, study taxation and licensing for unregulated THC sales
Summary
After public comment and trustee discussion, staff will pursue outreach to retailers and return with ordinance options — including an age restriction — and analysis of tax/licensing approaches by the board's next design-scheme meeting on March 18.
The Village Board considered a trustee motion to review local regulation of unregulated hemp-derived THC (commonly referred to as delta-8). The item drew a public comment urging either a ban or strict regulation, and trustees debated immediate steps including an age restriction, retailer outreach, potential taxes and enforcement responsibilities.
A resident, Judith, told the board that "unregulated THC or delta-eight is not just intoxicating. It can be downright dangerous due to the chemicals used to process the hemp into, enhanced THC." She urged the village to act, either by banning sales or regulating location, age and enforcement. “There is a village…
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