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Planning commission backs draft ordinance to regulate natural medicine centers; narrows hours and limits cultivation locations
Summary
The Woodland Park Planning Commission recommended that city council consider an ordinance creating a new chapter to regulate natural medicine healing centers and related businesses, amended the draft to set operating hours from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and made cultivation/manufacturing uses conditional in community and service-commercial zones.
The Woodland Park Planning Commission voted on March 13, 2025 to send a draft ordinance to city council that would create a new chapter (proposed Chapter 18.8) regulating natural medicine healing centers and related businesses, with several amendments recommended by the commission.
Staff described two distinct categories in the draft ordinance: natural medicine healing centers (where clients receive therapy) and natural medicine businesses other than healing centers (cultivation, testing and manufacturing). Staff explained the ordinance focuses on time, place and manner regulation — the city cannot prohibit the businesses outright but can regulate operating hours, lighting, security, and minimum distances from schools, consistent with guidance from the State Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).
Public commenters included local residents and prospective…
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