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Trussville council delays action on state-required consumable hemp retail authorizations
Summary
At an agenda workshop and in public comment, Trussville councilors reviewed Act 2025-385 and agreed to study municipal authorization of consumable hemp product sales further, removing three public hearings and a proposed temporary moratorium from the March 19 agenda to allow stakeholder engagement.
Council President Jaime Melton Anderson and councilors on March 10 agreed to delay formal action on local authorizations for retail sales of consumable hemp products required by Act 2025-385.
At an agenda workshop, Business License Compliance Officer Chuck Bradford briefed the council on products containing THC, the new state law and enforcement implications, and Mayor Ben Short told the council that "all these retail smoke shops existed in their current locations prior to the existing zoning ordinance." The discussion noted that one applicant, Chelsea Blues Liquor, is not a retail tobacco shop and that its landlord would need a C-5 rezoning to permit CBD sales — a commercial zoning classification Trussville currently lacks.
Councilors posed questions to staff and ultimately said they needed more time to study the law and consult stakeholders, including business owners. As a result, the council removed three scheduled public hearings and related authorization resolutions from the March 19 agenda and withdrew a proposed resolution to impose a temporary moratorium of up to 180 days on ABC consumable hemp product applications so the administration could prepare additional analysis and outreach.
During the regular session’s public-comment period, Sunmed Your CBD Sture Trussville owners BJ and Lisa Autry introduced themselves and were identified as applicants under the new state requirement. Later, Kristina and David Beck of Humble Hemp Shack also introduced themselves as applicants and were heard during audience comments.
The council did not adopt any moratorium or authorization on March 10; members instructed city staff to continue stakeholder outreach and return with options for policy and enforcement. The council is scheduled to reconsider items on the March 19 agenda unless otherwise notified.
