ROCHESTER, Minn.-The Olmsted County Board of Commissioners discussed revisions to the county’s cannabis ordinance to to better regulate the sale of marijuana and hemp based edibles at a meeting on on Tuesday, April 1.

The goal of this round of revisions to was to include better guidelines for licensed businesses to register with the county annually as well as penalties for public consumption and sales to minors once the Office of Cannabis Management officially rolls out licensing for businesses.

Those new penalties include a $300 fine for customers consuming the goods in public spaces.

Businesses that get caught selling edibles to customers under the age of 21, would be subject to a $300 on the first offense, on a third offense within 26 months, that fine would be $1,000 and come with a 7 day suspension for the business’s registration.

Mark Thein, board chair, says the goal is to bring upcoming local regulations in line with other adult products like alcohol and tobacco.

“What we tried to do is mimic more of what we did for tobacco and alcohol, not reinvent the book. So the fines and the regulations are going to be more of the same for those,” Thein said.

Travis Cullen, owner of Laughing Waters, a smoke shop that says it will be eligible for a cannabis license once enforcement has been approved, says he’s supportive of treating products like edibles like other legal substances.

“I think it’s good, its going to be more of the same the way they’re checking my stores now,” Cullen said.

The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management’s current licensing system is under review by a state judge, if it is approved, the OCM hopes to issue its first round of licenses soon after.