On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, the Town Council of the Town of Miami Lakes considered and adopted Ordinance No. 17-210 creating section 13-799.7 in the Land Development Code, banning cannabis dispensaries, medical marijuana treatment facilities, and independent testing laboratories related thereto as provided for by Florida Statute 381.986(11)(b).
As a result of the new ordinance, all commercial and industrial activities related to the sale or manufacture of products within genus cannabis were banned within the boundaries of the Town. Staff has been made aware that the definition adopted via the ordinance, may have been unduly broad, and may have excluded otherwise legal commercial and industrial activities, that although they are related to products extracted from a plant within the genus cannabis they do not constitute a medical marijuana product, nor do they contain any of the psychoactive ingredients such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in amounts large enough to have psychoactive effects.