City Council Study Session Summary 2011 01 10

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City Council Study Session Summary January 10, 2011 Page 2of 5 Site Consumption, Prohibited Acts, Deliveries, Hours of Operation, and Fees. Across the four communities, application fees range between $500 to $3,000, License fees $700 to $3,000, Renewal fees $700 to $3,000 and Finger Prints $16.50 to $38.50. In Louisville, there would be two licenses offered, (1) a Center License and (2) Infused Product License. Cultivation would not be allowed. Proposed license fees for the City of Louisville are to be determined, and staff recommended the ordinance to define the fees. The Local Licensing Authority would regulate the licensing for medical marijuana operations in the City. Some important points from the draft ordinances are: No medical marijuana center, or medical marijuana-infused product manufacturer shall at the time it is established and first licensed by the City be located -within 1,320 feet of a public or private elementary, middle, junior high, or high school; an alcohol or drug treatment facility; the principal campus of a college, university, or seminary; or a residential child care facility. -Within 1,320 feet of twomedical marijuana centers and/or medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers -upon any City property; -in a residential unit or any residentially zoned districts; or -within the Agricultural (A), Open Space (OS), Administrative Office (AO), Business Office (BO), Administrative Office Transitional (AO-T), Industrial (I), Planned Community Zone District (PCZD), Mixed Use (MU-R), Commercial Neighborhood (CN), or Commercial Community (CC) zone districts. No licensed premises for a medical marijuana center or medical marijuana infused product manufacturer shall at the time it is established and first licensed by the City, be located in a physical space exceeding 1,800 square feet of leasable floor space. No medical marijuana center or medical marijuana-infused product manufacturer shall operate as an outdoor or transient retailer, vendor or peddler. Medical marijuana centers may be open for business only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. All signage shall comply with the City of Louisville’s Commercial Development Design Standards and Guidelines. No signage or advertising shall use the word “marijuana” or “cannabis,” unless the word or phrase is immediately preceded by the word “medical.” Based on the draft of the current two Ordinances, there would be no more than 4 additional medical marijuana centers that would be able to be licensed in the