TOWN OF NORWICH, NEW YORK
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW #2 of 2021
SUBJECT TO A PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Norwich, Chenango County, New York (the “Town Board”) at a special meeting thereof held on the 29th day of December 2021 duly adopted a local law, an abstract of which follows, which local law is subject to the permissive referendum provisions provided in Article 7 of the Town Law and Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
Pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131, the Town Board adopted Local Law #2 of 2021 opting-out of allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption establishments within the Town of Norwich.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the foregoing local law was adopted subject to a permissive referendum. As such, said local law shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption, unless there shall be filed with the Town Clerk in the manner and time provided by the Town Law, a petition protesting the law and requesting that the matter be submitted to the electors of the Town for their approval or disapproval at a referendum as provided in the Town Law.
Local Law #2 of 2021 shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State. Pursuant to Cannabis Law § 131, this local law is subject to a permissive referendum and thus may not be filed with the Secretary of State until the 30-day time period has elapsed to file a petition, or a referendum has been conducted approving this local law.
A complete copy of Local Law #2 of 2021 is available for inspection in the Town Clerk’s Office, located at 157 County Road 32A in the Town of Norwich during regular business hours.
By order of the Town Board
Of the Town of Norwich, New York
Amy Winton, Town Clerk
Dated: December 29, 2021