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File #: 17-848    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 2/16/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/28/2017 Final action: 3/28/2017
Title: Ordinance No. 17-28 amending Part 1 (Medical Marijuana License Code) of Article 2 (Marijuana) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to Medical Marijuana License Code. Presenter: Bret Waters, Deputy Chief of Staff Lee McRae, License Enforcement Officer in the City Clerk's Office
Attachments: 1. MJ Working Group Report-2017-02-27 (Location Cap and Testing Facilites).pdf, 2. Clerk-MMJLicenseCodeORD-2017-02-14-Final, 3. Ordinance 17-28


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Ordinance No. 17-28 amending Part 1 (Medical Marijuana License Code) of Article 2 (Marijuana) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to Medical Marijuana License Code.

Presenter:
Bret Waters, Deputy Chief of Staff
Lee McRae, License Enforcement Officer in the City Clerk's Office

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Summary:
This ordinance to amend the existing Medical Marijuana (MMJ) License Code is based on input and discussions with the City Council Marijuana Working Group. In addition to minor definition clarifications, the proposed changes prohibit any new Medical Marijuana Center license applications, creates a cap on the number of Medical Marijuana facility locations, and allows for a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility license type.

Previous Council Action:
Marijuana Related Ordinances and Resolutions:
? City Ordinance 10-45 (creating new City Code 2.3.11 for MMJ Pre-Application
Registration)
? City Ordinance 10-107 (creating definitions, zoning, and specific Land Use standards for
MMJ)
? City Ordinance 11-32 (amending City Code 2.3.1 to create City MMJ Code)
? City Resolution 120-11 (MMJ application fees)
? City Resolution 153-11 (MMJ license fees)
? City Ordinance 13-18 (MJ possession)
? City Ordinance 13-19 (MJ public-vehicle consumption)
? City Ordinance 13-47 (RMJ ban)
? City Ordinance 14-14 (MJ airport possession)
? City Ordinance 15-55 (MJ residential hash oil)
? City Ordinance 15-76 (MJ consumption club moratorium)
? City Ordinance 15-79 (creating a six month moratorium on MMJ Land Use and licensing
reviews and creating task force)
? City Ordinance 15-100 (MJ paraphernalia)
? City Ordinance 16-32 (renaming and moving MJ code)
? City Ordinance 16-33 (MJ consumption club zoning ban)
? City Ordinance 16-34 (MJ consumption club licensing ban-phase out)
? City Ordinance 16-35 (MJ consumption club fees)
? City Re...

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