Pubdate: Tue, 11 Sep 2012
Source: Glenwood Springs Post Independent (CO)
Copyright: 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent
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Author: John Colson

CARBONDALE TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER ANOTHER MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMIT

Other Agenda Topics Include Red Hill Highway Crossing, Oktoberfest 
Liquor Permit

CARBONDALE, Colorado -- A medical marijuana center on the north side 
of town wants its formal approvals to operate as a dispensary and 
cultivation facility and is applying for the necessary permits from 
the Board of Trustees.

The CMED MMJ Center, at 615 Buggy Circle, has been operating since 
the end of June 2010 and has a 22-year lease on the premises, 
according to a document submitted to the town by John and Karen 
Salamida, owners of the building.

The building is less than 1,000 feet from the nearest school, the 
Colorado Rocky Mountain School, according to town staff. The CMED 
building is 561 feet from the school's property line.

According to a memo from Town Clerk Cathy Derby, the CMED facility 
existed prior to July 1, 2010, when the town enacted a moratorium on 
new dispensaries.

As a result, Derby ruled, the CMED facility is "grandfathered" as a 
nonconforming use in its current location.

The CMED application is one of several that have come before the town 
since Carbondale's moratorium expired on July 12 and the town enacted 
specific rules and regulations for licensing such facilities.

In a memo to Mayor Stacey Bernot and the trustees, Police Chief Gene 
Schilling reported that his officers have had "no contacts with this 
facility other than in July in reference to this facility operating 
without a license."

Town staff did not recommend either denial or approval of the permit for CMED.

In other action, the trustees are scheduled to discuss a request for 
$7,500 to initiate a study to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety 
at Highway 133 and Highway 82, related to the Red Hill Recreation 
Area; a liquor license for the Celticfest/Octoberfest, Oct. 5-6; and 
a request for $7,500 for street repairs in the River Valley Ranch subdivision.

The board of trustees meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 511 
Colorado Ave., and the public is invited to attend.
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