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ORDINANCE NO. 1648 SERIES 2013 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AMENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR OPERATION OF RETAIL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WHEREAS, on October 1, 2013, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1643, Series 2013, an emergency ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the establishment or operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, or retail marijuana stores (collectively, "retail marijuana establishments") within the City, which moratorium lasts until December 31, 2014; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the moratorium is to allow City Staff and the City Council the opportunity to study the issues, further develop regulations and recommendations pertaining to such businesses, and to review and consider referring to the City's registered electors the question of whether such businesses should be prohibited within the City; and WHEREAS, the moratorium, as drafted, applies to new businesses desiring to apply for retail marijuana licenses and existing medical marijuana businesses that wish to convert to retail marijuana establishments or to operate both a medical marijuana business and retail marijuana establishment in the same shared premises; and WHEREAS, the Colorado Retail Marijuana Code (codified at C.R.S. § 12-43.4-101) and the implementing regulations promulgated by the Department of Revenue include provisions allowing existing medical marijuana businesses in good standing to apply for retail marijuana licenses and to share their premises with retail marijuana establishments, unless prohibited by a local jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend its temporary moratorium on retail marijuana establishments to allow existing medical marijuana businesses within the City to apply for retail marijuana licenses, subject to certain restrictions, including that any retail marijuana license obtained shall be subject to non-renewal in the event retail marijuana establishments are prohibited within the City through the enactment of an ordinance or by vote of the registered electors of the City, which prohibition shall constitute "good cause" for non-renewal of a license; and WHEREAS, the City Council further desires to extend the moratorium to marijuana businesses not specifically contemplated by Amendment 64; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. The temporary moratorium on retail marijuana establishments established by Ordinance No. 1643, Series 2013 shall not apply to an existing medical marijuana business 1