City-wide moratorium on certain medical marijuana business licenses; licenses reserved for social equity applications—Sunset.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 6-206
in effectSec. 6-206. - City-wide moratorium on certain medical marijuana business licenses; licenses reserved for social equity applications—Sunset.
(a) Moratorium on certain new medical marijuana licenses.
(1) The manager shall not accept any application for a new medical marijuana store.
(2) The manager shall not accept any application for a new medical marijuana cultivation facility.
(b) Licenses to be reserved for social equity applicants—Exceptions; sunset. The manager may only accept applications for new medical marijuana products manufacturer, medical marijuana transporter, and retail marijuana business licenses from social equity applicants except that the manager may accept applications for new retail or medical marijuana business licenses from any applicant in the following instances:
(1) The applicant is applying for a medical or retail marijuana testing facility license or a marijuana research and development license; or
(2) The applicant is applying for a retail marijuana business license that will be co-located with a medical marijuana business of the same type in compliance with this article V.
(c) Report to city council. The manager shall report in writing to city council by July 1, 2026 regarding the exclusive issuance of certain licenses to social equity applicants.
(d) Sunset of social equity exclusivity. Subsection (b) of this section 6-206 shall be repealed effective July 1, 2027.
(Ord. No. 216-21, § 2, 4-19-21; Ord. No. 1003-25, § 3, 7-28-25)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH6ALCANAME_ARTVDEMACO_S6-206CIDEMOCEMEMABULILIRESOEQAPUNFetched: 10/27/2026