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City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 2016 Page 6 of 10 City Attorney Light introduced Ordinance No. 1718, Series 2016. Mayor Muckle opened the public hearing and called for a staff presentation. Acting City Clerk Hanson stated currently, the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) restricts the hours of operation for a medical marijuana center to hours between 8.00 a m. and 7:00 p m. Retail marijuana stores may be open for business between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. State law allows both to be open until midnight and provides local authorities the option of being more restrictive with the hours of operation On March 28, 2016, the Local Licensing Authority (LLA) discussed changing the hours of operation for both medical and recreational marijuana businesses. The Police Department reported the two businesses currently in town have caused little impact on their workload and they have no reason to object to the increased hours. The two current businesses are in an area of town, just off of US 36, where any traffic impact will be minimal to residential areas After review, the LLA proposed changing the Code to allow both medical and recreational marijuana centers to stay open until midnight Boulder currently allows marijuana businesses to be open until 7 p.m. and Lafayette recently expanded the hours until 10 p.m. and an email sent today to Council notes Boulder County has expanded the hours to 10 p.m. COUNCIL QUESTIONS Council member Loo asked what the hours are outside of the Boulder area. Acting City Clerk Hanson noted there are only a few in the metro area open until midnight. City Attorney Light added Denver has a 7 p.m. close and Glendale allows the stores to stay open until midnight. Council member Maloney asked what the hours of operation are for liquor stores. It was noted liquor stores are allowed to be open from 8 a.m until midnight. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if the discussion by the Local Licensing Authority was prompted by one of the current marijuana businesses. The answer was yes. Mayor Muckle called for public comment and hearing none, called for Council comment. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Keany said after reading the email from Boulder County and realizing Louisville would be the only town in the area open until midnight, he supported limiting the hours to 10 p.m.