Public Notice of Adoption Ordinance 1401 AN ORDINANCE OF THE

Public Notice of Adoption Ordinance 1401 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RUSTON, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA, ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY MORATORIUM ON THE SITING, ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF ANY STRUCTURES OR USES RELATING TO MARIJUANA PRODUCTION, MARIJUANA PROCESSING, OR MARIJUANA RETAILING, (SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA OR MEDICAL CANNABIS), TO BE IN EFFECT, TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE CITY OF RUSTON ADOPTS ZONING REGULATIONS ADDRESSING SUCH MARIJUANA USES, AND ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY MORATORIUM ON THE SUBMISSION OF ANY BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH USES, SETTING SIX MONTHS AS THE EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE MORATORIUM, TO ALLOW THE WASHINGTON STATE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE ITS RULEMAKING FOR THE LICENSING OF SUCH USES AND TO ALLOW THE CITY TO STUDY THE SECONDARY LAND USE IMPACTS OF SUCH USES, ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MORATORIUM AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Public Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Ruston, at a regularly scheduled meeting, held on April 2, 2013, duly passed and adopted Ordinance 1401. Copies of the ordinance can be obtained on the Town's website at www.rustonwa.org, or by contacting the Town Clerk at (253) 759-3544. April 8