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Council pauses change to Thornton's marijuana license limits, asks advisory groups to study impacts
Summary
Planning and finance staff presented options for increasing marijuana retail licenses and summarized maps, setback rules and declining sales trends since 2022. Council agreed not to change current limits now and asked BTEC and the Regulatory Justice Initiative to analyze business and equity impacts.
Thornton City Council reviewed potential options for marijuana retail regulations on Feb. 22 and declined to adopt immediate changes, instead asking advisory bodies to study economic and equity implications.
Planning staff described Thornton's existing ordinance, which created quadrant-based limits on retail marijuana locations when adopted in 2016. The packet included maps showing allowable areas under the city's 500-foot and 1,500-foot setback rules (measured from property lines) that keep facilities away…
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