“Weekend Edition” Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 11-13, 2014 Page 5The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. by the City Council of the City of Trinidad in Council Chambers at City Hall, 135 N. Animas Street, Trinidad, CO to consider the following proposed ordinance. Any person may appear before the Trinidad City Council at the time and place stated above to be heard on said ordinance.

CITY OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO

ORDINANCE NO.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO, AMENDING THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS

WHEREAS, on March 4, 2014, the Trinidad City Council approved Ordinance No. 1955 which established regulations and licensing requirements for medical marijuana businesses; and

WHEREAS, a requirement of the regulations was the acquisition of a conditional use permit by the applicants to be included with their local license application; and

WHEREAS, there was an unanticipated interest from those who wished to pursue these licenses realized through the number of conditional use permit applications received by the City; and

WHEREAS, to encourage free enterprise and to make the process fair to applicants, City Council wishes to amend Ordinance No. 1955 to allow for the processing of additional licenses beyond the original five identified in said ordinance.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO, that Article 11, Chapter 14, Section 14-202, License Required, is hereby repealed and re-enacted in its entirety as follows:

14-202. License Required.

It is unlawful for any person to own or operate a medical marijuana business, as that term is defined in this ordinance, without first obtaining a license as provided in this article. The following three types of business operations as defined in the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code C.R.S. 12-43.3-101 et seq. may be licensed hereunder: Medical marijuana centers and medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing and optional premises cultivation operation. All applications for conditional use permits received by the City Planning Department by 5:00 p.m. on March 28, 2014, for the purpose of licensure under this Article, and which are ultimately approved by the Planning, Zoning and Variance Commission, may be considered by the local authority for a medical marijuana business license. Thereafter, no additional applications for medical marijuana centers shall be received or acted upon by the local authority.

INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBERS BOLTON/MILES, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED, this 8th day of April, 2014.

FINALLY PASSED AND APPROVED this _____ day of ______________, 2014.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE the _____ day of ___________________, 2014.

_____________________________

JOSEPH A. REORDA, MayorATTEST:

AUDRA GARRETT, City Clerk

PUBLISHED: April 11, 2014 53061

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By Mike SalbatoSpecial to The Chronicle-News

Following a difficult trip to Nebraska

this past weekend, during which the Tro-

jans dropped two games to Western Ne-

braska and split with McCook Community

College, the Trinidad State Junior College

women’s softball team returned home to

host 18th-ranked Otero Junior

College on Tuesday afternoon.

The Trojans came away with a

split, winning the first game,

10-8, and falling in the night-

cap, 9-4.

In the first game, Trini-

dad jumped out to a 3-1 lead

off RBIs from Joni Davenport

and Brooke Stevens. TSJC

extended its lead to 7-2 head-

ing into the fifth inning, when

Otero mounted a comeback.

The Lady Trojans held off the

rally and came away with the

huge 10-8 win over the Lady

Rattlers. Freshmen pitcher

Victoria Gonzales went the

distance, throwing seven in-

nings and allowing nine hits.

Davenport and Stevens each

had four RBIs in the contest.

The second game was all

Otero from the start, however,

as the team jumped out to an

early 6-0 lead. Trinidad got a

couple of rallies started but

could not supply the big hits

when they needed them, ulti-

mately falling by a score of 9-4.

Macie Christian and Deanna

Montano each had a home run

to pace the Trojans, while Ste-

vens and Tonya Trujillo each

doubled in the game.

Trinidad is now 7-11 in Re-

gion IX play and 12-16 overall.

The Trojans will travel to Col-

by, Kansas this weekend for

the Allen Wolfe Tournament.

The Lady Trojans will play

five games over the weekend,

including a game against the

seventh-ranked team in the na-

tion, Butler Community Col-

lege. TSJC’s next home stand

will be April 23 against Adams

State University JV at 3 p.m.

and 5 p.m. at Southside Park.

Lady Trojans split two

games against Otero

Photo courtesy of Matt Young Victoria Gonzales delivers a strike in her win against the Otero Lady Rattlers on Tuesday.