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ORD INANCE 0. 5
SERIES OF 2009 '.!(~
BY AUTH ORITY
COUNC IL Bil '· NO . 59
INTRODUC I , 1;, L uU CIL
MEMBE R: PENN
1\ ORIJ INANCE EXTEND IN A TEM PORA RY S SPENS ION OR MORATORIUM ON
TII E ESTAB LI SIIM E 'TOF NEW MEDI AL MA l(IJUANA DISP ENS ING AND GROWING
SES FOR A PERI D OFF UR M NTIIS, UN TILJ UNE 17. 2010 .
WI IEREAS . i1 ha s been bro ught tn Co un cil 's nttcntio11 1!111 1 th e l'Urrc nt Unified Devel opm ent
Code docs 110 1 mlcqu:ucly defi ne cw limi t medi ca l nmrijuann di sp en si ng and grow in g uses: and
WI IEREA , Ci ty Co un cil directed sin.ff to review . create and revise. 1f necessary, orcwisio ns
co nce rning medi ca l mar ij unna di s pensing ,md grow in g; and
WII EREAS. srnffh as n::,·icwed and coordina ted 1hc provisi ns rcl;ui ng to Mcclicnl Marij uann
d1 ~pc11 s1 ng ancl growing in the Code ; and
WI IEREAS. Cit :,· Co un cil deem s i1 necess ary to coo rdinate the review o f th e Umfi cd
Development Code and find s it approp riat e to prohibit th e es tablis hm ent of m.:w medi ca l
nrnrijunna dis pen sing and growing in the City unti l the review by th e staff and Cit y Cn un cil : and
WH EREAS. the morntorium would l~mporarily stop .1cl diti onal hu sinc sscs : and
\VII EHE/,S, those uses alre:1dy in business would 1101 he affected: and
WHERE AS, 111 order for thl! Cit ) to co mp!}' with r.:qual protecli on iss ues. the 111ora1orium or
temporary suspcnsmn mu s! app ly to ,1 11 zn nc dis tricts l\nl cs!-1 speci fi c cxc mpt 1crn :,, can he
leg itim ately !->Cl fo.1 h due to a findi ng that a pnrtic u\ar lOilc di st n cl shoul d be exclud ed; and
WI IEREJ\S. the re visions to the 111ficd Dcvdopm cm Crn.k :rnd th e up cl :uin g oft he u~cs
allowed in all zone di "i tr icb will hel p prott.:cl th e publ ic hc;llth. safet y and wclfore by prese rving a
sa fe . healtll v. an d sou nd environment w ithin the Cit y: and
\\ I lt.Rl:.AS. th e 1..ll11c11 :,, of I nglcwoocl and till' ( ·11y Cnum.il h,1\C dct crmmcd that lurthL·r
rL'\ 1s11111!'. h \ the Um lied Dc\·dopnH.:nl ( 'ode me necc:;!->af) l\l promote. coord11we . and 111 1pl cmc111
a !ugh qua lity plan to pmd ucc well halan~cd 1.1 111111g III the C11y; and
WI 11 ~1{1 •.J\ .. the current li !-illllg l,f uses l!-i not meet mg 1hc aho,L' cntcna : and
\V I I EHEA S. the Pl~11111ng and /,11111 11g (\1111nus~ion h:ts co nsidered :111d 111:id r.: rccom n1cmlat 1011 s
to Coun cil : :111d
WI IERE AS. the C11 y Co un cil ,, ishcs to fort her rev iew :md stud y 1hc Onlina 11cc rcce1vcd frt1111
the Pl,11u1111g :md 1/,11n 111g Co mm 1ssto11. and
\\'I IER l.:.AS. the Color.1clo lcg 1sla turt appear:-. pohed 10 create and danl)' lhl' Sia tc·s ru les
regard in g Mcd1cn l lanJu:lna liccn:,,in g and c11 lflrc~p1c 111 : an d
WHEREAS . the it y Co un ci l find s tha1 an additional four month ex ten sion of the cu1Tent •
mornto.ium or temporary suspen sio n of the cstablishm~nt of nll nC\\ medi ca l marijua na
d1spcns1ng and growing uses is necessary w implcmcm the rl·visions t the Umfied Development
C'Nic:
'0 \V, T HEREFOR ., BE IT RDA I NED av THE CITY cou CIL OF T HE CITY OF
E ULEWOO D. OLORADO. TIIATTI IE ~IORATOR IUM OR TEMP RARY
US PENS ION OF A LL , EW MED ll'.:AL MARIJ UANA DISPE NS I G /\ D GRO Wi G
USES ISEXTE DEDTO J E\7.20 10 .
Section I . Said morat orium or temporary suspensio n shall be fo r any medical marijuana
dispen sing and growing uses within th e ity fEnglcwood not in o;,er,1 tio n by August 17. 2009 .
ec ti on 2. The City Co un cil will review the Commissio n's rec mmcnd;Hion s. to be consis11.:nt
with thi s Ordinance and to prov ide for un upd ati ng of th e Unified Development Code relating 10
medical mnrij uana dispensing and growing uses.
f..'Clion J. The City oun ci l find s th e provi sion s of this Ordin ance arc temporary in nature
and me mtcndcd to be replaced by sub seq uent l<.gi sln tivc enact ment so that the morato rium or
temporary suspen sio n as spf..-ci 1cd in thi s Ordi nan ce shnll 1cnnina tc on June 17. 2010 .
ln1roduccd. read i11 full . and pa ssed on fir st reading as an Ordin ance on th e 21s1 day of
December. 2009 .
Puhlishcd a:-a 131\1 for an Ordinance in the Ci1y"s official newspaper on the 25 1h day of December .
2009 .
Publi shed as nn Ordin:mcc on the Ci t) ·s official website begi nnin g on 1he 23rd da y of
De cember. 2009 for thin y (30) days .
Read hy 1itlc :111d pa ssed on final rea di nt~ 011 the 4th da y of January. :!0 10 .
Publi shed by 111l e in th e C11 y's 011icia l ne wspaper a\ Or lin a!l cc o . 5". Series of
20 09/2010. on the 8th day or Janual)', 20 10 .
Published hy 111 lc 01 the C11 y'~ o l'fo:1:i! weh!.1le heg111 ni11 g on the 6th clay or
J.ntual). ::11 10 for thnt ) f lllJ days
fam es K. Woodw ard. M;.1yor
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COU CIL COMMUNICATION
~l e: Age nd a Item: Subject:
Dece mb er.!. I 2uoq IC b I Extension 01 Te111µ01a1 , ,\\rn at •1 c,n 1he
Establish111e111 0 1 Ne" ~ 1edi al ~ 1:._1ana
D1spens1 ng and Grm, mg Uses
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Initiate d By: Staff So urce :
Communit\ De, elopmen t Department Alan \ \'hit e . Director
Au dra L. ~irk , Plann er I
COUNC IL GOAL AND PREV IOUS COUNC IL ACTIO ,•;
1.11)' Council appro, ed ErnergenC\ Ordinance 34, Se ri es 0 1 WOQ on August 1-, 2009. The
, ,: .tra tori um es tablished d tern orar\ suspension on th e es tabh shrnen t oi ne,, medi cal manJuana
dispensin g di1d gr0wing uses . The m o rat orium b c..:hed ul t:rl to expire on Februrtr. 17, ::!0 10.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Strrn recomm ends that Cit) Counci ' adop t a bill Tor an urdmance apprO\ Ill),:! an e,tensi on 0 1 th e
muratorium thro ugh Jun e I i, ~O I 0. Thi s reques 1 prm ide!, th e tim e necessar) to prO\ id Council
,, uh <1dd 111 011 al mi or mati on, e, .iluatc ,1ht1m,11i, e!,, ,ind comple te the .1clopti on 1Jru ces~ ior
,1 mendm en ts to th e l ni fi ed 0t.>\elopment Coclt ... ll 1DC includmg use-speci 11c s•,111d,ud.., and
de fin itio ns .
BA CKGRO UND, ANA LYSI ~. AND ALTERNAT I VES ID ENT IFIED
Emerge nC\ Ordinan ce 14, Senes 01 ::!00q. propo!iHl ;, !ii\ 111 0 111h 111ora1miu111 on ne\, me di cal
m.,riJu ,1n j1 d1spens1 11 ~ and gro,·, i11s us e!i 111 the C11-.
The Planning and 7011111g C<,m1111!is1011 held ,1 Publll Ht>,mng on OL toher ::!O ::!Onti "ht•1t-
r u111mt"is1 u11t..'r~ cft.,1..u:,.,l;'d a1JiJ' 1pna lt· /·mt' d1.,1m .. h "Jhllll1~. rt•qu1n•d p1:.·rn11 1,. l1rnl c,111d 1t1 ons th.11
,ould b(~ s111 tahlt' tur \h~cl1 L,1I \\ar11u ,1n.111:,t'~. Ah ough the l 11111111..,..,1011 did ,lJ:!(Pt' on ',(llllt' 0 1 1lw
l!l~lh:':, .i i hand th e ou tLomc• c · tht' Puhl11.. I le>;umg \\as th .1 1 ii mo tmn I P re(lll1\llll:'lld ,llllt•ndm, rlh
1, th e LifJC 1,,iled
Co un..:il chr ected stan to prep,lrt' .in md111.1 1K t' 1cr .111 e ,tens1011 10 1lw mor,1 1omu n 10 enahJ,, st.in to
prO\ tcle mort> 1111orma 11 o n conc~mm ~ med1 t.al mn1111 .. ~r1a an d to d1sc.11..,s propw1l .. d 1..h,1ng~"I 10 th e
lJ O( Tlw S1~He Leg 1sl~llu re·~ propo~t:'d l't:'\lt:>\\ 01 th e 1ss t1 es m ~OHJ m.i , .il~o prm 1cle 1urt her 111~i~ht
111 10 reAula t1n p. the use.
\Vith a four mon th ex tension, a ten tati·1e schedule for adop tion of an ordinance wo uld be as
ioll ows:
04-05-l C
04-19-10
05-03-1 0
05-0i-10
06-0i-10
06-li-10
Fl i\NCIA LIMP ACT
1" Reading
Pu bli c Hea ring
:!11d Reading
Publi ca tior. Effec th e Da te lio ll m, ing 30 da y re ierendum pe riod tr am pobli ca tion date )
M ora tor:um expires
No financial impa cts are iden tified.
LI ST OF ATTAC HME NTS
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