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Sec. 5.11.050. License requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or operate a retail marijuana establishment in the city without first having obtained a license for such business from the state and local licensing authorities. Such licenses shall be kept current at all times, and the failure to maintain current licenses shall constitute a violation of this section. Sec. 5.11.060. Screening and response to state license applications. A. Upon receipt of an application from the state licensing authority for a retail marijuana license, the secretary of the local licensing authority shall: 1. Initially determine, in consultation with the Planning and Building Safety Department, whether or not the proposed location complies with any and all zoning and land use laws of the city and any and all restrictions on locations and types of retail marijuana establishments permitted within the city as set forth in this chapter. If the secretary makes an initial determination that the proposed license would be in violation of any zoning law or other restriction set forth in this Code, the secretary shall notify the state licensing authority in writing that the application is disapproved by the city. The failure of the secretary to make such a determination upon the initial review of a state license application shall not preclude the local licensing authority or the secretary from determining that the proposed license is in violation of any zoning law or other restriction set forth in this Code, and disapprove the issuance of a local license on this basis. 2. For any application that is not disapproved as provided in subsection 1, the secretary shall notify the state licensing authority in writing that the city's further consideration of the application is subject to completion of the local licensing process described in this chapter, after which the secretary will notify the state licensing authority in writing of whether or not the retail marijuana license proposed in the application has or has not been approved by the local licensing authority. Sec. 5.11.070. Local license procedure. A. Applications for local licenses shall be made on forms provided by the Division and shall include all materials required by the Colorado Retail Marijuana Code and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder. B. The applicant shall also provide the following information to the city, which information shall be required for the applicant, the proposed manager of the retail marijuana establishment, and all persons having any financial interest in the retail marijuana establishment that is the subject of the application; to the extent that any of the following information has been included with the applicant's state license application and forwarded to the city by the state licensing authority, the local licensing authority may rely Ordinance No. 1649, Series 2013 Page 7 of 20