LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Village Board is planning to opt out of allowing cannabis dispensaries and on-site consumption licenses within village boundaries.
The cannabis law wasn’t on the agenda for the village board’s meeting on Oct.
Bliss said she believed the decision would require a public hearing since the board would be passing a local law, an action that typically requires a public hearing.
Devlin said he believed that the village could force a referendum, while the town would have to wait for a public petition to be filed to get it on the ballot for voters before readdressing the law.
Devlin said in the meeting that he thought the board could force a referendum in the village’s special election in March, when voters will elect a new trustee to replace Jason Leon’s position on the board.