Town of Clear Lake 

Sherburne County 

Ordinance No 2025-05-20

Ordinance relating to the regulation and registration of cannabis retail businesses and lower-potency hemp edible retail business

Notice of Enactment: The Town of Clear Lake Board of Supervisors hereby ordains an ordinance relating to the regulation and registration of cannabis retail businesses and lower-potency hemp edible (LPHE) retail businesses (the “Town Ordinance”). The Ordinance identifies the findings, purpose, authority, and jurisdiction for regulating cannabis and LPHE retail businesses. The Ordinance adopts Sherburne County’s Ordinance 280 (the “County Ordinance”), which pertains to the regulation and registration of cannabis retail businesses and lower-potency hemp edible (LPHE) retail businesses. Sherburne County will administer and enforce the Town Ordinance and the County Ordinance. The Town Ordinance adopts the County Ordinance’s definitions; requirements for cannabis and LPHE retailers including advertising, price discounting, and access; and buffer distances and hours of operation for cannabis retailers. The Town Ordinance and County Ordinance require all cannabis and LPHE retailers in Clear Lake Township to register with the County and set a limit on the number of cannabis retailers in the Town. For cannabis and LPHE retailers the County Ordinance sets forth the process for registration, renewals, suspensions, annual age and ordinance compliance checks, and other registration matters. The Town Ordinance adopts the prohibition of any sale by a cannabis or LPHE retailer to a customer or patient without a valid registration and a state license and authorizes a civil penalty with opportunity for an administrative hearing. It sets out civil remedies and civil or criminal penalties. The Town Ordinance is effective as of the date of passage on the 20th of May 2025. This is a summary of the Ordinance. The full Ordinance is on file with the Town of Clear Lake Clerk, PO BOX 305 Clear Lake MN 55319 or by email clearlaketwp@hotmail.com. 

This Ordinance was passed by the Clear Lake Town Board of Supervisors on the 20th day of May 2025, and duly filed with the Sherburne County Attorney.

Town of Clear Lake Board of Supervisors 

/s/ Lloyd (Bud) Stimmler, Chairman

This foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me the 20th day of May 2025.

/s/ Nancy Betzler, Town Clerk

(Published in the Patriot: 06/14/25.)