(a) Marijuana establishments prohibited. The operation, ownership, establishment or conduct of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana establishments, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana products facilities, marijuana testing facilities and retail marijuana stores thereof is unlawful and prohibited within the City of Creede.
(b) Definitions. Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, any terms used herein shall have the same meanings as provided in Article XVIII, Section 16 of the Colorado Constitution. These definitions include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Marijuana or marihuana means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marihuana concentrate. Marijuana or marihuana does not include industrial hemp, nor does it include fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination, or the weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink or other product.
(2) Marijuana accessories means any equipment, products, or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing marijuana, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body.
(3) Marijuana cultivation facility means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare and package marijuana and sell marijuana to retail marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.
(4) Marijuana establishment means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, or marijuana product manufacturing facility, or a retail marijuana store.
(5) Marijuana product manufacturing facility means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare and package marijuana products; and well marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers.
(6) Marijuana products means concentrated marijuana products and marijuana products that are comprised of marijuana and other ingredients and are intended for use and consumption, such as, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, and tinctures.
(7) Marijuana testing facility means an entity licensed to analyze and certify the safety and potency of marijuana.
(8) Retail marijuana store means an entity licensed to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities and marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers.
(c) Any person, corporation, company, partnership, business association or organization convicted of violating the terms of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each day of continued violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 375, §3, 2013; Ord. 408, § 1, 2017)