Section V. Operation of Retail Marijuana Stores, Marijuana Testing Facilities and Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facilities
Sec. 6-6-107. Application for retail marijuana license.
(a) Complete Applications Required.
(1) All applications for local licenses authorized pursuant to § 12-43.4-401, C.R.S., shall be made upon forms prescribed by the Authority.
(2) Applicants must submit a complete application to the Authority before it will be accepted or considered.
a. All applications must be complete in every material detail.
b. All applications must include all attachments or supplemental information required by the forms supplied by the Authority, including but not limited to a security plan and an operational plan as outlined in the application.
c. All applications must be accompanied by a full remittance for the whole amount of the application, license, or other relevant fees.
(3) The Authority may refuse to accept an incomplete application.
(4) Every license shall be valid for one (1) year from the date it is issued unless the license is earlier revoked.
(b) Additional Information May Be Required.
(1) Each applicant shall provide any additional information required that the Authority may request to process and fully investigate the application.
(2) An applicant’s failure to provide the requested evidence or information by the Authority’s deadline may be grounds for denial.
(c) Information Must Be Provided Truthfully. All applicants shall submit information to the Authority in full, faithful, truthful, and fair manner. The Authority may recommend denial of an application where the applicant made intentional misstatements, purposeful omissions, misrepresentations, or untruths in the application or in connection with the applicant’s background investigation. This type of conduct may be considered as the basis of additional administrative action against the applicant and it may also be the basis for criminal charges against the applicant.
(d) License and Other Fees.
(1) Applicants and licensees shall pay the following fees to the Town of Telluride in addition to any fees payable to the state:
a. Application for new license: one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
b. Application for renewal of a license: five hundred dollars ($500.00)
c. Application for transfer of location: one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
d. Application for change of principals or ownership or registered manager: three hundred dollars ($300.00)
e. Application for modification of premises: four hundred dollars ($400.00)
f. Late renewal fee: five hundred dollars ($500.00)
(2) Town Council may approve increases or decreases in fees by resolution.
(3) In addition to the foregoing fees, applicants and licensees shall pay the reasonable fees of any governmental agency conducting any investigation, inspection, other licensing, registration, fingerprinting, approval, or permitting required under the Telluride Municipal Code, as amended, state law, or state regulations.
(4) The primary purpose of the fees provided in this section is to defray the costs of the particular municipal services provided and not to defray the costs of the general services of municipal government or to raise general revenues. The fees provided in this section are reasonably related and proportional to the costs of the services provided and do not generate additional Town revenue.
(5) If any license or application is denied, approved but not issued, lapsed, abandoned, withdrawn, surrendered, suspended, fined, revoked, or otherwise sanctioned, no part of the fees paid shall be refunded to the applicant or licensee.
(e) Coordination with State Retail Marijuana Licensing Authority and State Requirements.
(1) The Authority shall inform the state retail marijuana licensing authority of its investigations, inspections, and all decisions approving new licenses, issuing new licenses, imposing conditions on licenses, renewing licenses, approving major changes in licenses, and sanctions imposed on licenses as required by state law.
(2) To the extent that such coordination is reasonably feasible and efficient, the Authority shall coordinate its investigations and actions with the Division, but the Authority reserves the right to act independently and to reach its own findings of fact, findings of law, and conclusions regarding approvals, issuance, denials, conditions, renewals, major changes, sanctions of licenses, and any other matter related to licenses, without regard to the findings of fact, findings of law, and conclusions that the state may reach regarding the same licenses based on the same incident or conduct.
(3) The approval or issuance of a license under this Article shall not constitute a representation, in any way, by the Authority that the licensee is qualified for or will receive a state retail marijuana license or a marijuana testing facilities license or a marijuana product manufacturing facilities license. (Ord. 1394, 2013; Ord. 1407, 2014; Ord. 1463 §5, 2018)