Excise and Licenses Hearing Policies & Procedures Proposal 1
Today’s Hearing Policies and Procedures Genera ral g l guideli lines f for how EXL c L conducts h heari ring p procedure res, , decisio sions a s and other s steps w ps within in o overal all l licensi sing p process: ss: Haven’t been updated since adoption in 2013 Recent ordinance changes make HPP outdated/antiquated Reside in two different documents, sometimes confusing to navigate Cur urrent d docum uments c can n be found nd o onl nline ne a at t EX EXL website: www.denvergov.o www .org rg/businessli licensing 2
License Types Requiring Needs & Desires Hearings Loc Local Li Liquor Li Licenses: 3.2 Percent Beer License Arts Liquor License Beer and Wine License Brew Pub Club License Liquor Licensed Drug Store Hotel and Restaurant Hotel and Restaurant with Optional Premises Retail Liquor Store Tavern Vintner's Restaurant License All transfer of location applications for any liquor license Cabar aret L License ses ( s (liv ive m music sic/e /entertain ainme ment) Mariju ijuana L a License ses: s: New RMJ Stores New MMJ Centers All transfer of location applications for RMJ Stores and MMJ Centers 3
Hearing Roles and Positions Applican ant; Individual applying for license Neighbor orhood od Witnesses; Maximum of three parties in interest who can testify at length Other parties in interest may testify for against application “en masse” at a hearing RN RNOs Os; Registered Neighborhood Organization who’s boundaries encompass designated area RNO representative may testify for or against application City A Attorney; Represents City during hearing. Applican ant’s Attorney; y; Represents applicant during hearing. He Hear aring Of Offic icer; Professional attorney who conducts overall hearing and procedure. Drafts recommended decision to EXL Director for consideration. 4
Current Standard Hearing Process: He Hear aring D Dat ate Hea earin ing d date n e noticed ed Heari ring D Date Pos osted on on p prop operty, to Applicant, R nt, RNOs, , notice placed i in Schedule led DPD, C Cit ity Council Da Dail ily J Jou ournal He Hear arin ing O Offic icer Par arties may y submit Hearing g conducted ed considers t testimony, , obje jections to in front of He in Hear aring petitions, w s, witness ss Recommen mmended ded statements, e etc. i into o Of Offic icer Decis isio ion Rec ecomme mmended Dec Decision Par arties may y ap appeal l EXL D L Direct ctor or Reviews ws Dir irector’s Final Recomm mmen ende ded d Decis isio ion t to D Distric ict Decision, an and Mak Makes Cour urt Fin inal l Decis ision 5
Hearing Policies & Procedures Working Group Hearing Policies & Procedures (HPP) Working Group Convened in August 2016 to update, revise, and simplify existing HPP documents. HPP Working Group includes: Two representatives from RNO/INC Two industry representatives (applicant representatives) One hearing officer City Attorneys Office Excise and Licenses Office of Marijuana Policy HPP members equipped with legal background – very important for HPP document. 6
HPP Working Group Cont... HPP working group identified three principles to help guide formulation of new HPP documents: 1) Clarification – need to clarify requirements and steps for hearing procedures (more clear definitions and clarity of various procedures and roles). 2) Communication – need to clearly and effectively communicate the process and steps required for hearings (posting hearing dates, when signatures are needed, etc.) 3) Standardization – need to standardize requirements where possible among different industry types (standardize between RMJ and MMJ, etc.) 7
Proposed Modifications to Hearing Policies & Procedures: 8
Legend: Green Text = Marijuana license hearing changes (medical & retail) Blue Text = Liquor license hearing changes Red Text = Cabaret license hearing changes Black T Text = = ch changes es f for all licen cense e type h e hea earings, o or other changes. . License type hearing changes broken down into three categories: I. Former Hearing Policies & Procedures II. Proposed Hearing Policies & Procedures III. Justification for proposed changes 9
1) Technical HPP Document Changes Forme mer H HPP PP Propo pose sed H d HPP PP Just stif ific icat atio ion Two s separate d docum ument nts p prescribing ng All licens nse t types r requi uiring a a pub ublic Docum ument nt now m mor ore e eas asily-na navigable, , polic icie ies a and p procedu dures es o only f y for r ret etail il hearing no now c combined i int nto o one ne and nd i inc ncludes a all l licens nse types i int nto o one ne marijua uana na i in 1 docum ument nt. L . Liquo uor, , streamline ned d docum ument nt. . docum ument nt, a , avoiding ng c conf nfusion cabar aret, t, a and 3.2 b beverages i in the betw tween t two d o different d t doc ocuments ts. other d docum ument nt. . Only outlined policies and procedures Policies and procedures now applicable Provides more consistency in hearing for retail marijuana, and not medical to ALL marijuana hearings (retail and requirements, adequately reflects marijuana medical. current ordinance requirements for marijuana. Evening ng h hearing ng r requi uirement nts s set f forth Evening ng h hearing ng r requi uirement nts n now Provide vide m more c e clarit ity a y and d d direc ectio ion o on in different nt d docum ument nt, w , with stream amlined, c con onsistent a t and s same how t to r reque uest a an eveni ning ng h hearing ng inconsi sist stencies a s among l license se t types. s. among a all li ll license t types. regar ardless o of l license t type. Previo vious d documen ent provid vided ed h heavy vy Polic icies ies a and p d procedures es n now l limit ited o only y Adm dmin inis istratio ion procedu dures es o on det etail il o on “adm dmin inis istratio ion” o of to h hearing ng requi uirement nts. . acceptin ing/revie viewin ing a applic icatio ions applica cations – detai tails n not ot directly chan ange o over t time w with th o ordinan ance. relat ated to a actu tual hear aring r requirements. Polic icies ies a and p d procedures es s should a d apply y only t to h hearings. gs. 10
2) Petition Deadlines and Circulation Forme mer H HPP PP Propo pose sed H d HPP PP Just stif ific icat atio ion Filin ing d dea eadl dlin ines es for p peti titi tions f for Filing ng d deadline ne f for p petitions ns for e evening ng Evening ng h hearing ngs a are b becoming ng m more eveni ning ng hea earin ing m must i include de 1 10 va valid id hear aring must c contain in 2 25 va valid id and m an mor ore p prevalent f for or E EXL XL, an and signa natur ures f from D Designa nated A Area. . signa natur ures f from D Designa nated A Area. . pet etit itio ion-gath therers a are a able to to o obtai ain well m more t than 1 10 s signa natures. A A higher threshold o of s signat atures i is needed to raise s stand ndard f for e evening ng h hearing ng request. . No f filing d dead adlines for p peti titi tions i in All peti titi tions i in suppor ort/ t/oppos ositi tion m must t Allows ad additional ti time f for or al all p par arties t to o support/opposition o of a applica cation f for be f filed 1 14 4 days p prior t to hear aring dat ate f for review t the p peti titi tions p prior or t to t the day h hear arings ( (certai ain r requirements ts f for all h hearing ngs. . hear aring. Provides b bett tter s stream amlining eveni ning ng h hearing ngs). . of a actua ual hearing ng p process. . Liquor pet etit itio ions m may y only ly c comm mmence All p peti titi tions for a all t ll types o of he hearings ma may Allo lows ws petition on c collection on to to c commence after th af the s second d day of of n noti tice p pos osting. commence t the d day ay a after t the N Notice soone ner a and harmoni nizes r rules f for a all No No petiti tion c commence d date f for Pa Packet i is sent nt. . license h hearing ng t types. . marijua uana na h hearing ngs. . No p petiti tion c commence d date f for c cabar aret hear arings. . 11
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