(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees may adopt an ordinance or a resolution, to prohibit, or limit the number of, licensed cultivators, licensed processors, or licensed dispensaries within the municipal corporation or within the unincorporated territory of the township, respectively.
(B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that does any of the following:
(1) Prohibits or limits the operations of a license holder that received a provisional license or certificate of operation before the effective date of this amendment, except that a municipal corporation or township may enforce such an ordinance or such a resolution if it was adopted before the effective date of this amendment ;
(2) Prohibits or limits any activity authorized under this chapter, except as expressly permitted under division (A) of this section;
(3) Prohibits or limits research related to marijuana conducted at a state university, academic medical center, or private research and development organization as part of a research protocol approved by an institutional review board or equivalent entity.
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