After months of discussions against a shifting backdrop of state laws, Northfield City Council plans to again introduce an ordinance to allow cannabis sales.
A draft ordinance could be on the table for Tuesday’s meeting, Councilman Paul Utts said at the previous council meeting. That’s also when the application process will open for a license for retail cannabis sales to adults, he said.
A Linwood woman, whom he did not identify by name, plans to submit an application for a Northfield cannabis dispensary as soon as possible, Utts said at the meeting.
“She has framed it as an upscale retail cannabis shop, offering strains that haven’t been seen in many years,” he said. “She’s quite excited about it.”
As part of that application, she wants to be able to indicate that Northfield is open to allowing the business, Utts said.
Right now, cannabis operations are banned in all zones in Northfield, under an ordinance narrowly approved last summer.