NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENT TO ADOPT

The Pope County Board of Commissioners shall have on its agenda a proposed ordinance and shall conduct a related public hearing on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 9:00 am, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, in the Courthouse Third Floor Boardroom on the proposed adoption of Ordinance 2023-01, a moratorium prohibiting the establishment of new uses or the expansion of existing uses related to sales, testing, manufacturing and distribution of cannabis products.  The proposed ordinance directs a study to be conducted on the subject during the moratorium period, and will set forth temporary local controls and penalties for violation of said controls regarding cannabis-related land uses during the moratorium period.  The draft ordinance may be viewed on the Pope County website at www.popecountymn.gov under News and Announcements.  The draft ordinance may also be viewed at the County Administrator’s Office in the Courthouse, 130 Minnesota Ave. E., Glenwood, MN.  Citizens may offer oral or written testimony before the Board at said hearing.

Sept. 18