HomeMy WebLinkAbout104 - 09/21/2021 - AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE XVI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REGULATING MEDICAL MARIJUAN ORDINANCE NO. 104, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER I5, ARTICLE XVI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS REGULATING MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES TO UPDATE, CLARIFY
AND ALIGN CITY CODE WITH STATE LAW
WHEREAS, the City has regulated and licensed medical marijuana businesses since 2010
and changes to marijuana industry practice, administrative regulations and state law continue to
emerge on a regular basis; and
WHEREAS, in November 2017, voters approved an amendment to the City Code that
allows the City Council to adopt amendments to or add provisions to Chapter 15 pertaining to
medical marijuana licensing to stay current with applicable state laws, rules and regulations, so
long as such amendments or additions are not contrary to and do not eliminate any of the 2012
voter-approved provisions; and
WHEREAS, City staff conducts regular quarterly meetings with City marijuana business
licensees and at the last meeting of Quarter 2, 2021, the marijuana business licensees requested
the City to consider removing the seven day waiting period between the sale of medical marijuana
to patients and instead align the City Code with 2020 Colorado Revised Statutes Section 44-10-
501(10)(a), which currently permits the daily purchase of not more than two ounces of medical
marijuana flower, forty grams of medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products
containing a combined total of twenty thousand milligrams to a patient in a single business day;
and
WHEREAS, staff is also recommending changes to the City Code regarding medical
Marijuana businesses to do the following:
• Amend Section 15-462 of the City Code to allow the Chief Municipal Judge or their
designee to act as the Licensing Authority, which would align with current practice for the
Liquor Authority and provide additional local control and potential cost savings since, to
date, the City has been contracting out for this service;
• Amend Section 15-474 of the City Code to change the restriction on criminal backgrounds
of licensees to align with current state criminal background check requirements and address
social equity concerns to access into lawful marijuana licensure; and
• Amend Section 15-482 of the City Code to mirror state law by changing the allowable sale
amount of medical marijuana from two ounces within a seven-day period to daily limits to
align with current industry sales records practice and state regulations and provide
consistency in public expectation and licensing enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Council has determined that the proposed amendments will be beneficial and
will advance the interests of the Fort Collins community by updating local provisions to conform
to state law and in general.
ORDINANCE NO. 104, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE XVI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS REGULATING MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES TO
UPDATE, CLARIFY AND ALIGN CITY CODE WITH STATE LAW
WHEREAS, the City has regulated and licensed medical marijuana businesses since 2010
and changes to marijuana industry practice, administrative regulations and state law continue to
emerge on a regular basis; and
WHEREAS, in November 2017, voters approved an amendment to the City Code that
allows the City Council to adopt amendments to or add provisions to Chapter 15 pertaining to
medical marijuana licensing to stay current with applicable state laws, rules and regulations, so
long as such amendments or additions are not contrary to and do not eliminate any of the 2012
voter-approved provisions; and
WHEREAS, City staff conducts regular quarterly meetings with City marijuana business
licensees and at the last meeting of Quarter 2, 2021, the marijuana business licensees requested
the City to consider removing the seven day waiting period between the sale of medical marijuana
to patients and instead align the City Code with 2020 Colorado Revised Statutes Section 44-10-
501(10)(a), which currently pen-nits the daily purchase of not more than two ounces of medical
marijuana flower, forty grams of medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products
containing a combined total of twenty thousand milligrams to a patient in a single business day;
and
WHEREAS, staff is also recommending changes to the City Code regarding medical
Marijuana businesses to do the following:
• Amend Section 15-462 of the City Code to allow the Chief Municipal Judge or their
designee to act as the Licensing Authority, which would align with current practice for the
Liquor Authority and provide additional local control and potential cost savings since, to
date, the City has been contracting out for this service;
• Amend Section 15-474 of the City Code to change the restriction on criminal backgrounds
of licensees to align with current state criminal background check requirements and address
social equity concerns to access into lawful marijuana licensure; and
• Amend Section 15-482 of the City Code to mirror state law by changing the allowable sale
amount of medical marijuana from two ounces within a seven-day period to daily limits to
align with current industry sales records practice and state regulations and provide
consistency in public expectation and licensing enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Council has determined that the proposed amendments will be beneficial and
will advance the interests of the Fort Collins community by updating local provisions to conform
to state law and in general.
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 15-462 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-462. Composition.
The Authority shall be the Chief Municipal Judge or their designee.
Section 3. That Section 15-474(1) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-474. Persons prohibited as licensees.
No license shall be issued to, held by or renewed by any of the following:
(1) any natural person who has been released within the three (3) years immediately
preceding the application from any form of incarceration or court-ordered supervision,
including a deferred sentence,resulting from a conviction of any felony or any crime which
under the laws of the State would be a felony; or any crime of which fraud or intent to
defraud was an element, whether in the State or elsewhere; or any felonious crime of
violence, whether in the State or elsewhere;
Section 4. That Section 15-482(b)(2) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-482. Prohibited acts.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensee holding a medical marijuana store license, or for any
agent, manager or employee thereof, to:
(2) sell, give, dispense or otherwise distribute to any patient or primary caregiver who
is not a licensee any amount of marijuana flower, marijuana concentrate or marijuana
product in excess of the daily limits prescribed in Section 44-10-50 1(10)(a), C.R.S. or any
state administrative rule governing the same.
Section S. That Section 2 of this Ordinance is not effective until January 1, 2022.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
September, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of September, A.D.
2021.
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I,being duly sworn,deposes and says that said is the legal clerk of the Fort Collins Coloradoan;that
the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Fort
Collins,in said-county-and state;_tbat the notice-or.-advertisement,,of--which the annexed is a true
copy,has been published in said daily newspaper and that the notice was published in the regular
and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said
notice,and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof,that the publication of said
notice was contained in the issues of said newspaper dated on
09/12/21
that said Fort Collins Coloradoan has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the
period of at least six months next prior to the first publication of said notice or advertisement above
referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter
under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said
newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within
the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado.
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OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLF COURSE
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CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLINS REGULATING MEDICAL FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE
MARIJUANA BUSINESSES;TO RURCHASING.,AGENT-TO ENTER
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300 LAPORTE AVE
FORT COLLINS CO 80521
1,being duly sworn,deposes and says that said is the legal clerk of the Fort Collins Coloradoan;that
the same is a daily newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Fort
Collins in said county and state;that the notice or advertisement,of which the annexed is a true
copy,has been published in said daily newspaper and that the notice was published iir thei'cgi_iIa_r__.
and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said
notice,and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof;that the publication of said
notice was contained in the issues of said newspaper dated on
09/26/21
that said Fort Collins Coloradoan has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the
period of at least six months next prior to the first publication of said notice or advertisement above
referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter
under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said
newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal.notices and advertisements within
the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado.
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.OF..THE'COUNCII. OF T E CITY OF
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