This story was corrected to mention Councilman Eric Mays voted yes on the resolution but meant to dissent.

FLINT, MI-- Recreational marijuana businesses may not be welcomed in Flint.

City Council voted 6-0 at its Sept. 23 general meeting to approve the first reading of an ordinance amendment that would prohibit businesses from selling, manufacturing or processing marijuana for recreational purposes within city limits. Councilman Eric Mays, Ward 1, said he meant to dissent after the vote was counted.

More than half of Michigan voters, 57 percent, voted to legalize recreational marijuana. Since the law took effect in December 2018, residents age 21 and older are able to possess and consume marijuana. But they haven’t been able to buy weed legally yet -- as the only state-licensed businesses open and operating are required to serve only card-carrying medical patients.

Statewide, municipalities are working on their own ordinances to regulate how recreational marijuana is purchased and sold in their jurisdictions.

Officials in Grand Rapids anticipate accepting applications for recreational marijuana businesses in spring 2020. Other cities like Ann Arbor have voted in ordinances allowing for temporary permits for events with onsite sale and consumption of recreational marijuana.

Flint, like Grand Rapids, may not allow recreational marijuana businesses until 2020.

The amendment, Prohibition of Recreation Marihuana Facilities, prevents any marijuana growers, marijuana safety compliance facilities, marijuana processors, marijuana micro-businesses, marijuana retailers, marijuana event organizers, marijuana secure transporters, marijuana designated consumption establishments, temporary marijuana events and any other types of marijuana-related businesses from operating within Flint.

Flint needs to get it right, according to Councilwoman Monica Galloway who was voiced her concerns about allowing businesses to sell recreational marijuana.

“The state is still trying to figure it out," Galloway said. “I don’t want to walk into a restaurant with my grandbaby and have him smell marijuana.”

Councilwoman Eva Worthing noted the ordinance wouldn’t stop residents from consuming recreational marijuana. Flint should layout boundaries of where recreational marijuana should be bought and sold, according to Worthing.

Mays demanded Flint’s legal department bring a more detailed ordinance. The councilman said he’s for recreational marijuana being sold in the city.

"This isn’t the land of Mormons,” Mays said.

He suggested the city use the same guidelines it developed for medical marijuana businesses to regulate recreational marijuana businesses.

Medical marijuana businesses are an exception to the prohibition, according to a draft of the amendment. The facilities must hold medical marijuana licenses with the state and the city of Flint to be exempt.

A sunset clause in the amendment automatically repeals the law one year after it’s been adopted. City Council will hold a public hearing, and hear a second reading of the law before voting to approve it.