The Federal Way City Council is expected to vote on the ban of recreational and medical marijuana retail, production and processing businesses within city limits at a council meeting Tuesday night.

If passed, council bill No. 697 will repeal ordinance 15-788, the moratorium or temporary ban, on marijuana-related businesses, which was imposed last spring and is set to expire May 2016.

This action comes after the city of Federal Way put Advisory Proposition 1 on the general election ballot seeking direction from the public on whether to allow these businesses in Federal Way.

Approximately 9,117 voted no (61.4 percent), while 5,737 voted yes (38.6 percent), despite the 53 percent of Federal Wayans who voted in favor of legalizing marijuana statewide in 2012 with the passing of Initiative 502.

While the proposed ordinance would prohibit businesses from selling or growing medical marijuana, it does not address medical marijuana cooperatives or qualified patients or designated providers from individually growing marijuana at home or in a cooperative. However, the moratorium on medical marijuana and collective gardens will remain in place until May 2016.

The City Council has imposed moratoriums on both medical and recreational marijuana since 2013, despite the mayor’s past recommendation to zone and regulate recreational marijuana-related businesses in the city.

The City Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 33325 Eighth Ave. S. in Federal Way.