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completion of the City Staff's study of the issues and possible adoption of regulations or a prohibition on such businesses may undermine and defeat the City's ability to promote and protect the public health, safety,and welfare;and WHEREAS,the City Council finds and determines that it is necessary and appropriate to institute a temporary moratorium until December 31,2014 on accepting, reviewing,approving,or otherwise acting upon applications or requests for business registration, sales tax licenses, building permits, and certificates of occupancy for any business that permits or invites private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products and on the establishment or operation of any such business within the City; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE,COLORADO: Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby affirmed and incorporated herein by this reference as findings of the City Council. Section 2. Upon the effective date of this ordinance,and until December 31,2014,no application or request for business registration, sales tax license,building permit,or certificate of occupancy for any business that permits or invites private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products shall be received, reviewed,approved,or otherwise acted upon nor shall any person or business during such period establish or operate a business that permits or invites private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products. Section 3. During the period this ordinance remains in effect,City Staff shall monitor the State's regulatory efforts and judicial interpretations of Amendment 64,research the applicable legal and land use issues connected to the regulation of businesses permitting or inviting private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products,and study, develop,review and evaluate appropriate regulations or recommendations pertaining to such businesses for presentation to and consideration by the City Council. Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance are temporary in nature and may be repealed by a subsequent legislative enactment. The temporary moratorium established by this ordinance shall terminate as of December 31,2014 unless sooner repealed. Section 5. The City Council herewith finds, determines and declares that this ordinance is genuinely and urgently necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare because existing regulations are inadequate to address the potential impacts of businesses permitting or inviting private assembly for the purpose of the use or consumption of marijuana or marijuana products on the health, safety, and welfare of the community.The City Council also herewith finds that the possibility of establishment of such businesses prior to the adoption of state or local regulations determining how such businesses may be regulated could not have been reasonably anticipated or foreseen and is a matter on which immediate action is genuinely and urgently necessary for the preservation of public, health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, City Council herewith further finds, determines and declares that Ordinance No.1630,Series 2013 Page 3 of 4