Donelle S O’Neal Sr.

Amend Article 8.37.2 of the Town’s General By-Laws to change “marijuana” to “cannabis” and to permit two additional Storefront Cannabis Retailers licenses for Equity Applicants

SECTION ONE
Section 8.37.2 of article 8.37, Marijuana CANNABIS Establishments, is hereby amended in the following
ways:

To see if the Town will amend Section 8.37.4 of Article 8.37 of the Town’s General
ByLaws,
“CAPS ON THE NUMBER OF SELECT BOARD LICENSES FOR MARIJUANA
CANNABIS RETAILERS,” as follows (additions are in bold, underlined text, and deletions are in
bold, stricken text):

Section 8.37.4 CAPS ON THE NUMBER OF SELECT BOARD LICENSES FOR
MARIJUANA CANNABIS RETAILERS

The Select Board shall not issue more Marijuana Cannabis Establishment licenses in
each of the following categories of Marijuana Cannabis Establishment licenses than the
number that is 20% of the number of liquor licenses for off-premises alcohol
consumption that have been issued by the Select Board pursuant to M.G.L. c. 138, § 15,
as rounded up to the nearest whole number in the event the number is a fraction: a)
Storefront Marijuana Cannabis Retailers, b) Marijuana Cannabis Delivery Operators,
c) Social Consumption Marijuana Cannabis Retailers, and d) Marijuana Couriers.
The Select Board may increase the foregoing limitation in (a) by two (2) as to
Storefront Cannabis Retailers in the event it is granting the additional license(s) to
an Equity Applicant as defined in a Select Board Cannabis policy or regulation then
in effect.
or act on anything relative thereto.

SECTION TWO
Section 8.37.2 of article 8.37, Marijuana Establishments, is hereby amended by inserting after
the last paragraph the following new paragraph:-

r. Cannabis – Marijuana as defined by this article, Massachusetts General Laws,
chapters 94G and 94I, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as they may be amended.