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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tracey M. Vacek, Senior Planner
DATE: April 15, 2021
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance amending O20-078 granting additional time for compliance of the Special Use (Conditional Use) for a Cannabis Dispensing Facility (2115) at 35 N. Broadway that was granted on October 27, 2020
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Ordinance is to grant additional time for compliance of the Special Use (Conditional Use) for the Cannabis Dispensing Facility.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora granted Bloom Holdings I, LLC, a Special Use (Conditional Use) permit for a cannabis dispensing facility at 35 N. Broadway by Ordinance O2020-028 on April 28, 2020, that contained conditions. Specifically, the ordinance granting the Special Use (Conditional Use) permit states:
The Special Use (Conditional Use) permit shall terminate and the classification of the PDD Planned Development District shall be in full force and effect without further action by the City Council if said property 1) fails to obtain conditional registration license for Cannabis Dispensing Facility by the State, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the authorization of the permit, or 2) fails to commence its use as a Cannabis Dispensing Facility within one (1) year of the authorization of the permit, or 3) ceases its use as a Cannabis Dispensing Facility for a period greater than thirty (30) days
Due to the shutdowns caused by COVID-19, the state has delayed the deadline for issuing the cannabis dispensing licenses.
The Special Use (Conditional Use) then amended by Ordinance O20-078 on October 27, 2020 granting additional time for compliance of the Special Use (Conditional Use). Specifically, it granted an additional six months to obtain conditional registration license for cannabis dispensing facility by the State, being April 28, 2021, and granted an additional year to commence its use as a cannabis dispensing facility, being October 27, 2021.
The State has delayed awarding licenses ...
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