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City Council Meeting Minutes November 3, 2014 Page 13 of 18 RESOLUTION No. 69, SERIES 2015 MOTION: Council member Lipton moved to approve Resolution No. 69, Series 2014, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Dalton. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7 -0. RESOLUTION No. 70, SERIES 2015 MOTION: Council member Lipton moved to approve Resolution No. 70, Series 2014, seconded by Council member Keany. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7 -0. RESOLUTION No. 71, SERIES 2015 MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Dalton moved to approve Resolution No. 71, Series 2014, seconded by Council member Lipton. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7 -0. ORDINANCE No. 1675, SERIES 2014 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.78 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF MARIJUANA — 2nd Reading - Public Hearing Mayor Muckle requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1675, Series 2014. Public Relations Manager Muth explained during the City Council's discussion of Ordinance No. 1669 on September 16, 2013, the Council asked staff to remove the language including marijuana penalties in Chapter 8 of the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) and place that language in Chapter 9. This language specifically relates to the use of marijuana in public places. The use of medical and recreational marijuana is legal under Article XVIII, §§ 14 and 16 of the Colorado Constitution, but the public use of marijuana remains unlawful. Chapter 9.76 already contained language related to the outdoor consumption of marijuana. The ordinance adds language specifically listing indoor areas "to which the public is invited or to which the public is permitted." For purposes of this Chapter, `places of business to which the public is invited in or in which the public is permitted," shall include but not be limited to, retail food production or marketing establishments, restaurants, taverns, banks, commercial establishments, theatres, waiting rooms, reception areas, meeting rooms, educational facilities, libraries, recreational facilities, health care facilities, facilities providing live music or sporting events, and public transportation facilities. The City Attorney's office also added a section prohibiting the consumption of marijuana in retail marijuana stores, medical marijuana centers, retail marijuana products manufacturing facilities and medical marijuana infused products manufacturing facilities.