Sec. 6-6-112. Engaging in business.
(a) No person shall engage in the business of selling retail marijuana products or engage in the business of marijuana testing facilities or a marijuana product manufacturing facilities in Town unless said person is duly licensed by the state licensing authority and the local licensing authority.
(b) No person shall operate a retail marijuana store or a marijuana testing facility or a marijuana product manufacturing facility in Town unless he or she has first obtained all relevant state and Town sales and use tax licenses and business licenses.
(c) The applicant must demonstrate that the location of the proposed licensed premises is located on or within property zoned by the Town of Telluride as either Commercial or Historic Commercial in the Town of Telluride; proposed licensed premises are prohibited in all other zone districts in the Town; and
(d) No portion of the licensed premises shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any public or private school as such school is defined by § 44-3-103(50), C.R.S. The distances referred to in this paragraph are to be computed by direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for a school or campus to the nearest portion of the lot that is the situs of the building that is proposed as a licensed premises.
(e) The proposed licensed premises and adjacent grounds must comply with all zoning, building, plumbing, mechanical, fire, and other codes, statutes, and ordinances, as shown by completed inspections and approvals from the Telluride Planning and Building and Public Works Departments, and the Telluride Fire Protection District.
(f) The cultivation operations area of the licensed premises, if any, must:
(1) Be equipped with a ventilation system sufficient in type and capacity to eliminate marijuana odors emanating from the interior to any public property or right-of-way within the Town, discernible by a reasonable person. The ventilation system must be inspected and approved by the Telluride Building Department; and
(2) Have walls, barriers, locks, signs and other means in place to prevent the public from entering the area of the licensed premises utilized for cultivation. (Ord. 1394, 2013; Ord. 1407, 2014; Ord. 1463 §5, 2018. Formerly 6-6-107(c)(i) through 6-6-107(c)(vii))