But I've been closed since January 11, and I'm assuming they knew I needed this."Ĭourtesy of Tetra 9 Because of the step-by-step inspection process for his marijuana hospitality license, the building department hadn't been able to look at Tetra's building specification earlier, so didn't know that mechanical plans weren't included. "The building department has their own requirements, and Excise and Licenses has their own requirements, and a lot of that stuff can't start until you get your license. The city told me they don't have the time to go over it," he explains. "I had to get mechanical plans drawn up, and submitted them over the weekend. But he's still waiting on final inspections from the Denver Building Department and Denver Fire Department.Īccording to Benjamin, he was informed last week that the building department wanted his building's mechanical plans in order to approve his inspection, but he wasn't aware of the need for such documents. Given all of the unlicensed marijuana events that traditionally take place in Denver on April 20, Benjamin viewed officially opening by that date as an important milestone for his business and Denver's small marijuana hospitality scene. Three weeks ago, Benjamin, Polis and Hancock, among others, noted that Tetra would be the first licensed marijuana lounge open to the public (21-and-up) that also allowed indoor smoking in Colorado.
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After all, he'd been operating Tetra as a private, members-only marijuana smoking lounge at 3039 Walnut Street since 2018, and had been renovating the building to make sure it would be up to code when inspection time came.
Tetra Lounge, the newly licensed marijuana-friendly smoking lounge in RiNo, probably won't be open in time for 4/20, according to its owner.Īfter a ribbon-cutting on March 30 with Governor Jared Polis and Mayor Michael Hancock to celebrate Tetra's new pot hospitality license, Dewayne Benjamin was confident that he'd pass the city's final inspections in time to mark the cannabis holiday on April 20.
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