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City Council Meeting Minutes July 6, 2010 Page 5 of 12 required to match the State's requirement, the City desires to be consistent with the State law. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested public comment. There were no comments. Mayor Sisk closed the public hearing MOTION: Councilor Muckle moved to approve Ordinance No. 1573, Series 2010, on second and final reading, seconded by Councilor Dalton. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7-0. ORDINANCE No. 1574, SERIES 2010 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING, OR ISSUANCE OF APPLICATIONS OR REQUESTS FOR (BUSINESS REGISTRATION, SALES TAX LICENSES, BUILDING PERMITS, AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCCUPANCY FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE 2nd Reading Public Hearing Mayor Sisk requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1574, Series 2010. Deputy City Manager Balser explained Ordinance No. 1574, Series 2010 extends the current moratorium on the acceptance, processing, or issuance of applications or requests for business registration, sales tax licenses, building permits, and certificates of occupancy for medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Louisville. The current moratorium expires August 15, 2010. House Bi111284, concerning the regulation of medical marijuana on a state -wide basis, was approved by both houses of the Colorado Legislature and signed by Governor Ritter on June 7. The extension of the moratorium will allow additional time to investigate the City's ability to regulate commercial medical marijuana operations under HB1284, gain input on the options available to the City for addressing medical marijuana operations in the City, review any draft rules or adopted rules of the Department of Revenue and develop and implement any appropriate regulations or pursue exercise of a local option consistent with state law. The City's moratorium ordinance exempted the two existing MMDs "as such developments and uses existed on October 2009." The moratorium prohibits commencement of any production or growing of marijuana at a dispensary. Neither of the existing medical marijuana dispensaries in October of 09 was producing or growing at those locations, and each operator was advised at the issuance of their certificate of occupancy that production or growing at the dispensary is not allowed under City ordinances. Thus, the effect of the extension of the moratorium is to continue the prohibition on growing or production in Louisville. Regardless of the requirements in HB