EAST UNION TOWNSHIP
WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO
RESOLUTION 2024- 30
A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT ADULT-USE CANNABIS OPERATORS AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATORS, PROCESSORS, AND RETAIL DISPENSARIES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF EAST UNION TOWNSHIP
The Board of Township Trustees of East Union Township met on November 7, 2024, with the following members present:
Jim Miller
Daniel Hodge
Joseph Rabatin
Trustee Jim Miller moved that the following resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, voters in Ohio approved State Issue 2, which enacts new Chapter 3780 of the Ohio Revised Code, effective thirty days from the date of the election; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 3780 authorizes and regulates recreational adult-use cannabis in the state of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, R.C. 3780.25 authorizes townships to prohibit or limit the number of adult-use cannabis operators (as defined in R.C. 3780.01) within the unincorporated areas of the township; and
WHEREAS, Medical marijuana is regulated in Ohio by Chapter 3796 of the Ohio Revised Code; and
WHEREAS, R.C. 3796.29 similarly authorizes townships to prohibit or limit the number of marijuana cultivators, processors, or retail dispensaries licensed under Chapter 3796 within the unincorporated areas of the township; and
WHEREAS, the East Union Board of Township Trustees finds it to be in the best interest of the Township to prohibit adult-use cannabis operators licensed under Chapter 3780 as well as marijuana cultivators, processors, or retail dispensaries licensed under Chapter 3796 within the unincorporated areas of the Township; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
- All terms used in this resolution shall be defined in the same manner as R.C. Chapter 3780, as it pertains to adult-use cannabis, and R.C. Chapter 3796, as it pertains to medical marijuana. All terms used in this resolution but not defined in those chapters shall be construed, for purposes of this resolution, in a manner to be consistent with the use of such terms in both chapters.
- Adult use cannabis operators as well as adult-use marijuana dispensaries, cultivators, and processors, are hereby prohibited from operating within the unincorporated areas of East Union Township, Wayne County.
- It is the intent of the East Union Board of Township Trustees to prohibit the operations described in Section 2 above to the maximum extent permitted by R.C. 3780.25, R.C. 3796.29, and any other applicable provisions of state law. This resolution shall be construed in a manner that gives maximum effect to that intent.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the East Union Board of Township Trustees finds and determines that all formal actions concerning and relating to the passage of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Board and that all deliberations of this Board and of any of its committees that resulted in formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
VOTE RECORD:
Trustee Joseph Rabatin seconded the Motion. The roll call being called upon the question of adoption of the Resolution by the Township Fiscal Officer, the vote proceeded as follows:
Jim Miller Yes
Joseph Rabatin Yes
Daniel Hodge Yes
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this Resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Trustees and filed with the East Union Township Board of Trustees, this 7th day of November, 2024.
Valorie L. Lewis
Township Fiscal Officer