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August 3, 2017
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
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City upholds cease-and-desist order issued to marijuana club Studio 420 challenged earlier decision in June, but attempt failed; shop will appeal again BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLOADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The City of Englewood appeared unfazed by the legal arguments of a father-and-son-owned shop that fought against a cease-and-desist order to stop allowing marijuana consumpion, dealing a blow to the South Broadway business where people buy memberships to do so. The shop, called Studio 420, does not meet the “definition of a ‘tobacco business’ and therefore does not meet criteria for exemption” under law related to smoking restrictions, said the decision, which was signed July 17 by Kathleen Rinkel, the city’s director of finance and administrative services. Rinkel oversaw the June 16 hearing in which Studio 420 challenged the city’s original Dec. 9 cease-and-desist order. Under the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, tobacco and marijuana are regulated similarly, Studio 420’s legal counsel argued in June. Smoking is allowed in retail tobacco shops in which the sale of other products is only a small part of the business, under that law. Studio 420, formerly known as iBake Englewood, argued it qualified for the exception. The city roundly rejected that argument. Studio 420 has filed to appeal the July 17 decision, said coowner Martin Fuchs. “I think this is a very pivotal point in history,” Fuchs said. “This is the guide that the country is going to be going by. We knew when we started out as pioneers it wouldn’t be easy.”
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