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NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br /> OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO:
<br /> Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby affirmed and incorporated herein by this
<br /> reference as findings of the City Council.
<br /> Section 2. Upon the effective date of this ordinance, and until April 20, 2010, no
<br /> application or request for business registration, sales tax license, building permit, or certificate of
<br /> occupancy for a medical marijuana dispensary or for any business purporting to sell or actually
<br /> selling marijuana for medical use shall be received,reviewed, approved, or otherwise acted upon.
<br /> Section 3. City Staff is hereby directed to study, develop, review and evaluate
<br /> appropriate regulations or recommendations pertaining to medical marijuana dispensaries for
<br /> presentation to and consideration by the City Council.
<br /> Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance are temporary in nature and may be
<br /> repealed by a subsequent legislative enactment. The temporary moratorium established by this
<br /> ordinance shall terminate as of April 20,2010 unless sooner repealed.
<br /> Section 5. The City Council herewith finds, determines and declares that this
<br /> ordinance is genuinely and urgently necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
<br /> health, safety and welfare because existing regulations are inadequate to address potential
<br /> impacts of medical marijuana dispensaries on the health, safety, and welfare of the community.
<br /> The City Council also herewith finds that the recent proliferation of medical marijuana
<br /> dispensaries around the State, the recent inquiries the City has received regarding the operation of
<br /> medical marijuana dispensaries within the City, and the fact that forthcoming legislation from the
<br /> Colorado Legislature and guidance from the Colorado Office of Attorney General may impact
<br /> how such dispensaries may be regulated constitute an emergency which could not have been
<br /> reasonably anticipated or foreseen and on which immediate action is genuinely and urgently
<br /> necessary for the preservation of public, health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, City Council
<br /> herewith further finds, determines and declares that it is necessary for this ordinance to take
<br /> effect immediately upon adoption, provided the same has been adopted and signed by the Mayor
<br /> and approved by two-thirds of the entire City Council.
<br /> Section 6. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such
<br /> decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
<br /> hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact
<br /> that any one part be declared invalid.
<br /> Section 7. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the
<br /> City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole
<br /> or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred
<br /> under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the
<br /> purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the
<br /> enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any
<br /> judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits,
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