Brighton council takes step toward permitting retail, medical marijuana sales
BRIGHTON — The Brighton City Council by resolution Tuesday night asked city staff to prepare an ordinance permitting the sale of medical and recreational marijuana within the city.
Brighton has been among those communities that have resisted bringing marijuana sales into the city, even though the state approved both medical and retail marijuana and, as noted by council member Peter Padilla, city residents did support the statewide measure.
In November 2021, however, the council asked voters to approve a marijuana sales and tax measure; voters rejected it.
After several months of discussion, staff brought a series of resolutions before the council. The council…
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