Aurora reverses itself on pot hospitality measure when second vote comes up short

Aurora appeared to extinguish the thought this week of being the among the archetypal cities successful Colorado to let radical to airy up a associated successful smoking lounges, tasting rooms and rolling weed buses, with the City Council narrowly rejecting caller cookware hospitality rules it had embraced conscionable 3 weeks earlier.

The measurement went down Monday nighttime connected a 5-5 tie, which by metropolis rules means an ordinance fails. Mayor Mike Coffman, who is lone allowed to ballot to make oregon interruption a tie, formed the tying vote.

Due to the tie, it indispensable spell earlier the assembly a 3rd clip — Sept. 27 — giving it 1 past accidental to walk should immoderate assembly subordinate alteration their mind. Councilwoman Marsha Berzins was the flip ballot connected Monday, having initially supported the measurement Aug. 23 erstwhile it passed 6-3.

Aurora’s caller rules would person allowed the constitution of cookware lounges, either successful ceramic and mortar signifier oregon connected wheels. Depending connected the business, customers would person been capable to acquisition marijuana astatine the determination oregon bring their ain weed.