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Ban lifted: Retail pot is now a reality in this Colorado city, says city council

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 06/10/2015 - 13:24

COMMERCE CITY — Those who want to run a recreational marijuana store can now apply to open a business in Commerce City after council lifted a ban that had been in place since 2013.

And recreational as well as medical marijuana businesses (or testing, cultivation or manufacturing facilities) now have more site options and a streamlined application process after City Council last week also approved updated zoning and licensing rules.

Medical marijuana businesses have been allowed in Commerce City since 2012. Back then, basic marijuana regulations for things like distance from schools and parks were adopted into the city code. But in the three years since then, no one applied to open a store in Commerce City.

So, the city examined its policies and adopted a less constricted zoning code that nixed a 1,000-foot setback requirement between marijuana businesses and also opened up a few commercially zoned areas to both...

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