5.10.040 Council action on marijuana license applications.
A. If a city council member wishes to protest the application, a resolution shall be prepared and introduced at the next regularly scheduled council meeting or earlier if necessary to meet the requirements of 3 AAC 306.060.
B. At least seven (7) calendar days prior to the council meeting, the city clerk shall provide the applicant with:
1. A copy of the proposed resolution; and
2. Notice of the date and time when council will consider the resolution; and
3. Notice the applicant will have an opportunity, pursuant to BMC, to appear before the council to defend the application.
C. A protest by the council under this section cannot be based in whole or in part on police reports or other written materials available to the city but which were not provided to the affected applicant before the public hearing on that protest.
D. At the conclusion of the public hearing, and any deliberation of the council, the council may choose to:
1. Pass the resolution protesting to the Board the issuance, transfer or renewal of the marijuana license application; or
2. Recommend the license be approved with conditions; or
3. Take no action on the application. [Ord. 16-18 § 2.]