(a) For the purpose of regulating and controlling the licensing and sale of marijuana in the City, there is hereby created the local licensing authority.

(b) The local licensing authority has the authority to grant or refuse a license authorized by this article as well as ordering special terms and conditions on licenses, without the need for a public hearing.

(c) The local licensing authority may promulgate such rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this article, and may exercise all other powers and duties as are set forth in the Colorado Retail Marijuana Code, subsection 5(e) of section 16 of article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution, the Colorado Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division Retail Marijuana Rules, (1 CCR 212-2), the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code, section 14 of article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution, the Colorado Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Medical Marijuana Rules, (1 CCR 212-1), the City Code and any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

(d) Under any and all circumstances in which state law requires communication to the city by the state licensing authority or any other state agency in regard to any license authorized by this article, or in which state law requires any review or approval by the city of any action taken by the state licensing authority, the exclusive authority for receiving such communications and granting such approvals shall be exercised by the local licensing authority.

(e) The local licensing authority has the authority to issue subpoenas to require the presence of persons and the production of papers, books, and records necessary to the determination of any hearing the finance director is authorized to conduct.

(f) The local licensing authority has the authority to summarily suspend a license issued pursuant to this article without notice pending any prosecution or public hearing for a period not to exceed 15 days when the local licensing authority determines a licensee or an agent or employee of the licensee has committed a deliberate and willful violation of the Marijuana Medical Code, the Colorado Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Medical Marijuana Rules, (1 CCR 212-1), the Retail Marijuana Code, the Colorado Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division Retail Marijuana Rules, (1 CCR 212-2), the City Code, or any rule and regulation related to the cultivation, processing, manufacture, storage, sale, distribution, transportation, testing, research or consumption of any form of marijuana, or when the public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates such findings in the notice for a public hearing before the finance director on the matter. (Ord. No. 2019-32, § 5, 7-15-2019; Ord. No. 2017-28, § 4, 8-7-2017; Ord. No. 2016-15, § 3, 6-20-2016; Ord. No. 2014-14, § 2, 5-12-2014)