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AUGUST 19, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 198
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Steamboat Springs artist Chula Beauregard works on a plein air piece Tuesday during the Steamboat Art Museum’s Plein Air Paint-out held at Pleasant Valley. For story about The Art Event 2009, a fundraiser for Steamboat Art Museum, see page 2.
Council enacts moratorium
Ordinance being created to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries Brandon Gee
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The Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday unanimously enacted an emergency 90-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. The moratorium will prevent such businesses from opening within city limits while an
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ordinance is created to regulate them. Two dispensaries, however, beat the moratorium and are operating in Steamboat. Kevin Fisher and Ryan Fisher, no relation, have opened Rocky Mountain Remedies in the 2700 block of Downhill Plaza. Daryl Levin and Charles Magnuson have launched D and C Medical Marijuana and Therapeutic Massage in the
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600 block of Lincoln Avenue in office space on the second floor of the Old Town Pub building. “It’s not our intent to bring these businesses under the umbrella of this moratorium,” City Attorney Tony Lettunich said. Council members were told that the two operating dispensaries have communicated with the city and have agreed to oper-
ate under preliminary guidelines created by the Steamboat Springs Police Department. The city has received several other inquiries from people interested in opening dispensaries — including some from people who would like to operate out of their homes — and there is concern that future dispensary See Council, page 16
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