{"id":45778,"date":"2021-07-14T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-pot-shops-get-board-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:27:19","slug":"dolores-pot-shops-get-board-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-pot-shops-get-board-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores pot shops get board approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=619ab05c-8ca1-426f-839c-ccc9df8f5fe0&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1004\" alt=\"A marijuana plant is shown at a commercial grow in Springfield, Ore., on May 24. Seven mayors from U.S. cities where marijuana is legal have formed a coalition with the aim of preparing other states and the federal government for marijuana legalization.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A marijuana plant is shown at a commercial grow in Springfield, Ore., on May 24. Seven mayors from U.S. cities where marijuana is legal have formed a coalition with the aim of preparing other states and the federal government for marijuana legalization.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Don Ryan\/Associated Press file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Two marijuana shops plan to open in Dolores and are going through the permitting process.<\/p>\n<p>Dolores voters approved commercial and retail marijuana sales in April 2020, and the town passed the Dolores Marijuana Code in January.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Labruzzo, co-owner of Canna and Company High Country Releaf, has applied to operate a retail marijuana store at 100 Railroad Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Thomas Collier, owner of Zumacan Limited, has applied to operate a retail marijuana store at 102 S. Fourth St.<\/p>\n<p>Both shops are planned for areas in town approved for retail marijuana stores.<\/p>\n<p>Town officials said both applications have met the requirements of the Dolores Marijuana Code, and they were approved unanimously by the Town Board on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>The applications were reviewed by the town manager, clerk, building official, marshal and attorney. The Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office conducted background investigations on both applicants and found no issues that would disqualify them.<\/p>\n<p>Both plans include a security system, sign plan, lighting plan and fire suppression system in accordance with the town\u2019s Marijuana Code and building codes.<\/p>\n<p>Before opening, applicants must apply for and obtain a license from the State of Colorado to operate the marijuana stores at the Dolores locations.<\/p>\n<p>High Country Releaf is also required to obtain a conditional-use permit as required by the Dolores land-use code because it is adjacent to a residential home.<\/p>\n<p>Labruzzo plans to lease and remodel part of an existing structure to house the High Country Releaf retail marijuana store.<\/p>\n<p>Collier plans to lease and remodel the existing structure at 102 S. Fourth St. for his retail marijuana dispensary.<\/p>\n<p>His initial plans called for two public entrances, one facing the alley, and possibly sales from a window. In response to concerns by town staff members and the county sheriff, Collier agreed to amend the plans and have just one public entrance facing Fourth Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>permits are conditional on obtaining licenses from state <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44,28,135,445],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-45778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores","tag-headlines","tag-marijuana","tag-newsletter-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86629,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45778\/revisions\/86629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45778"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=45778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}