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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 19, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 010, 2016, Amending Section 15-620 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
Relating to Retail Marijuana Establishments' Hours of Operation.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, adopted on First Reading on January 5, 2016 by a vote of 6-1 (Nays: Martinez) changes the
allowable operating hours of retail marijuana businesses from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, January 5, 2016 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 010, 2016 (PDF)
Agenda Item 15
Item # 15 Page 1
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 5, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 010, 2016, Amending Section 15-620 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
Relating to Retail Marijuana Establishments' Hours of Operation.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to change the allowable operating hours of retail marijuana businesses from 8:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Since the adoption of local retail marijuana regulations, changes have been made to operating hours at the state
level; Larimer County has adopted 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. operating hours for retail marijuana businesses in the
County.
To maintain consistency and to address a perceived advantage to County located businesses, staff is
recommending the proposed change in operating hours.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Licensed businesses will be notified if the amendment is adopted.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Powerpoint presentation (PDF)
ATTACHMENT 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 010, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 15-620 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATED TO RETAIL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS’ HOURS OF OPERATION
WHEREAS, Article XVII of the City Code establishes regulations for retail marijuana
establishments; and
WHEREAS, such regulations make it unlawful to sell marijuana or marijuana products at
any other time than between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily; and
WHEREAS, the current closing time restriction is more restrictive than that in Larimer
County, which allows said sales until 8:00 p.m., placing in-City businesses at a competitive
disadvantage; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the recommended City Code
amendment is in the best interest of the City and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 15-620 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended as follows:
Sec. 15-620. Prohibited acts.
. . .
(h) It shall be unlawful for any licensee to sell marijuana or marijuana products at a
licensed retail marijuana store at any time other than between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
January, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk