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Dover council delegates cannabis licensing to county and directs resolution to limit local shops
Summary
The council voted to let Olmsted County handle licensing for cannabis businesses and approved sending a resolution expressing the council’s desire to cap the number of local cannabis businesses at one, citing Dover’s population and state licensing criteria.
At its Oct. 3 meeting, the Dover City Council voted to delegate licensing of potential cannabis businesses to Olmsted County and separately approved sending a resolution that expresses the council’s wish to limit cannabis businesses in Dover to a maximum of one at a time.
Member Eric Tyler moved to delegate licensing authority to the county; the motion carried. The council then voted to draft and send a resolution that frames the council's preference not to have cannabis businesses in Dover but acknowledges a practical maximum of one business at any time. The resolution references Dover’s population of 777 and notes state licensing minimums are based on county population (cited in the discussion as one license per 12,500 county residents) as the basis for the proposed language.
The council did not adopt an ordinance or formally prohibit cannabis businesses; the actions were to use county licensing procedures and to advise county decision-makers via a resolution expressing local preference. The resolution drafting and any subsequent action will determine whether Dover adopts local ordinance language or other binding restrictions.
