To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Ron Carl, County Attorney; Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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John Christofferson, Deputy County Attorney; Jason Reynolds, Planning Division Manager, Public Works and Development
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Presenter: John Christofferson, Deputy County Attorney; Jason Reynolds, Planning Division Manager, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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2:00 PM *Marijuana Land Use in Unincorporated Arapahoe County Follow-Up
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this study session is to request further direction from the Board of County Commissioners regarding recommended changes to the current marijuana land use code policy based on the March 21, 2022 Study Session.
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Background and Discussion:
At the March 21, 2022 Study Session, the Board of County Commissioners ("BoCC") provided direction for staff to make recommendations allowing the four (4) current marijuana stores to change locations and recommendations allowing marijuana grows, as detailed below.
The following are recommendations for the BoCC to contemplate and provide direction.
Marijuana Store Location Change
State law authorizes the BoCC to limit the number of licenses and designate the location where a marijuana store is located. There are currently only four (4) marijuana store locations allowed as legal nonconforming uses in unincorporated Arapahoe County. The BoCC directed staff not to increase the number of marijuana store locations.
Based on BoCC Direction, staff recommends amending the Land Development Code ("LDC") to remove the nonconforming use designation on marijuana stores, and to allow the four (4) current marijuana stores to move to locations within the Business zone districts B-3, B-4, and B-5 and Industrial zone districts I-1 and I-2, and within commercial or industrial portions of Planned Unit Developments allowing retail uses, through a Use by Special Review ("USR...
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