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City of Boulder Chapter 6-14 and 4-20-64, B.R.C. After Adoption of Ordinance No. 7877, MMB Law Adopted as Emergency on November 1, 2012

October 5, 2012 MMB Info Forum

In October 2012, city staff will be recommending to council a number of revisions to Chapter 6-14, Boulder’s Medical Marijuana Code. As part of this process, the city wants feedback from the community regarding some of the proposed changes.

MMB Info Session

On Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, the city will hosted an informational meeting for medical marijuana businesses and representatives of the industry.  At that meeting, there was a presentation from city Licensing and the Police Department about compliance requirements.  Attendee were also given an opportunity to ask questions and provide suggested changes to the proposed code revisions.

The goal of the Code changes are to: Specifically some of the changes are regarding:
  1. Make the code more clear and concise so it is more user friendly;
  2. Increase fees to cover the costs of licensing medical marijuana businesses so that taxpayers are not subsidizing the medical marijuana industry;
  3. Limit advertising similar to the limitations recently adopted by Denver; and
  4. Increase the distance required from schools from 500 feet to 1,000 feet to be consistent with the recent letters from the US Attorney’s office.
  • Operation of a medical marijuana center;
  • Alleviation of noxious medical marijuana plant odors;
  • The process of surrendering medical marijuana plants after the suspension of a license;
  • The unauthorized transportation of medical marijuana;
  • Increase the distance of medical marijuana businesses from schools to 1,000 feet so as to be consistent with federal law;
  • Medical marijuana advertisement regulations; and
  • Proper storage of medical marijuana.

Important Reminder: Boulder licensees must file their renewal at least 45 days prior to the license expiration date. Please review the following materials prior to filing for renewal:

• Appeals Policy
• Medical Marijuana Code
• Ordinance No. 7780
• Building Permit Review Guidelines
• License Application - with attachments and examples. 

 News: Per Boulder City Council on Feb. 7, 2012, a 9 month moratorium is in effect for any applications not related to an existing Boulder licensed business and for any applications that would increase the number of Boulder businesses above the number if licenses as of that date. 

MMB 2012 Fee Schedule & Application Description

Previously: On January 7, 2012 the Boulder City Council adopted an emergency ordinance, effective immediately, extending the moratorium on applications for new medical marijuana business licences, on applications for expansion or amendment of existing medical marijuana business licences, on applications for the transfer of medical marijuana business licences and on applications for new medical marijuana business owners or financiers through November 9, 2012, and setting a fee for applications to change or add business managers.  The full ordinance is available here:

Ordinance: Extending Moratorium Through Nov. 9, 2012 and Changing Fees

FAQs: Information on moratorium effective on January 7, 2012

On January 3, 2012, the Boulder City Council adopted an ordinance imposing a moratorium affecting medical marijuana business applications.  The details of the moratorium are available in the two document links below.

FAQs: Information on City Council medical marijuana moratorium effective on January 3 2012

Ordinance: MMB Moratorium (Emergency) Through Feb. 8, 2012

Update at 11:00am Friday, 13 January 2012:   The City of Boulder is aware that the US Attorney has sent out letters about federal enforcement action at wellness centers that are within 1,000 feet of a school. At this time the City of Boulder does not know what local businesses these letters were sent to or what definition of a "school" is applicable. The City of Boulder understands that the current moratorium would prohibit the city from taking change of location city license applications to move impacted businesses at this time. The City of Boulder will update this information as more details become available to us.

In January 2011, the City of Boulder revised its law on the comprehensive licensing system for medical marijuana related businesses within city limits. Effective March 3, 2011, Ordinance No. 7780 contains the changes to Chapter 6-14 of the Boulder Revised Code (BRC) regarding medical marijuana. Ordinance No. 7780 shows the changes as underline/strikeout. The changes are also in the BRC on-line with the changes shown in yellow in Chapter 6-14. Historical information, including Planning Board and City Council memos are available on the Background/History page.

 The City created this website to act as the primary online business resource center providing the following:

• Revenue/ sales tax information and forms;

• Business license applications and important deadlines;

• Frequently asked questions (sign up for the RSS feed)

• Links to the online Boulder Revised Code (BRC); and

• Project background information.

More MMB information(current city code, city ordinance, change request forms and complaint forms)

Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 12:41