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ILZ Cityo/Planning Commission Louisville Staff Report COLORADO -SINCE 187S December 13, 2018 ITEM: LMCA-0165-2018 STAFF: Robert Zuccaro, AICP, Planning and Building Safety Director Meredyth Muth, City Clerk REQUEST: Proposed Updates to the City's Regulations for Medical and Retail Marijuana Businesses (Public Hearing) SUMMARY: Staff is presenting for a draft ordinance that includes several updates to the City's regulations for medical and retail marijuana businesses (see Attachment 1 for draft ordinance). The following is a summary of the main changes included in the draft ordinance: • Eliminates the limit of four total retail marijuana stores in the City. • . Revises the spacing requirements between facilities. Currently there is a 1,320 foot spacing between medical marijuana stores. The draft proposes a 1,500 foot spacing between retail or medical marijuana stores. • Decreases the retail/medical marijuana store buffer requirement from a public or private school from 1,320 to 500 feet. • Eliminates the buffer requirement from a public playground or outdoor pool; an outdoor education facility serving children; an alcohol or drug treatment facility; the principal campus of a college, university, or seminary; or a residential childcare facility. • Increases the allowed area of a medical and retail marijuana store (or combined medical/retail store) up to 5,000 square feet. Medical is currently limited to 1,800 square feet, retail is limited to 2,000 square feet and a combined store is limited to 3,800 square feet. • Expands allowed zone districts where medical marijuana stores are allowed to the Community Commercial (C-C) zone district (Downtown excluded), in addition to the current allowance in Commercial Business (C-B). This matches the current allowance for retail marijuana businesses. • Allows medical marijuana testing facilities as a use by right in the Industrial (I) zone district and as a special review use in the Commercial Business (C-B), Business Office (B-O) and Administrative Office (A-O) zone districts. This matches the current allowance for retail marijuana testing facilities. • Allows medical marijuana manufacturing (including infused products) in the I zone district, in addition to the current allowance in the C-B zone district. 20