Columbia Time period for initial medical marijuana dispensary licenses applications ordinance (§ 13-428)

The business services administrator will accept applications for the initial issuance of medical marijuana dispensary facility licenses under this article for a period of twenty-one (21) days after DHSS has issued its licenses for medical marijuana dispensary facilities. An applicant for consideration of issuance of an initial medical marijuana dispensary facility license issued by the city must submit a complete application during the identified twenty-one-day period. An application must satisfy the requirements of this article to be considered complete. The business services administrator shall review all applications within sixty (60) days after the close of the initial application filing period. For good cause shown, the business services administrator may extend the review period for issuance of initial medical marijuana dispensary licenses for up to an additional thirty (30) days. Applications filed after the close of the initial application filing period will be based on availability of licenses and will only be processed after all of the applications filed during the initial application filing period have been either issued or denied.