What are men and women who write laws known as?

Legislatures any one can write a law but to have it pass a bill among others is a process. It can be done. I live in a small town where one day some really respectful families just opened theirl business doors to a cannabis dispensary and they are pulling in the bucks. No license no boundaries no ;laws or rules laid down, No arrests. Right down town traffic has tripled and so has the money in the family business pockets, What are the boundaries and laws for this dispensry to keep afloat. They are on a 45 day ban for city hall to fine tooth comb the laws, yet the dispensary stays open at $15,000 a day profit. when is someone gioing to come in and confiscate the goods and end their dream.