Columbia Process to determine how medical marijuana dispensary facility licenses are issued ordinance (§ 13-431)

Medical marijuana dispensary facility licenses shall be issued by the business services administrator in the following order in accordance with this article:

(1) The completed applications received prior to the end of the initial application period shall be reviewed by the business services administrator and eligibility for issuance of a license determined by the business services administrator. For the license year January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, the business services administrator shall issue a maximum of seven (7) initial medical marijuana dispensary facility licenses. In the event more than seven (7) applications are received, the business services administrator shall issue the licenses based on the point system set forth in section 13-430 to the seven (7) initial applicants with the highest number of points.

(2) If one (1) or more applicants have the same total points using the point system set forth in section 13-430, the business services administrator shall utilize the scores issued by DHSS to determine the priority rank for the applicants who have the same points.

(3) If one (1) or more applicants have the same total points after using both of the processes set forth in sections 13-431(1) and 13-431(2), then the business services administrator shall hold a random lottery between the remaining tied complete applications to award the remaining licenses.