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Pueblo council narrows draft zoning rules for natural medicine businesses, directs staff to limit residential siting
Summary
Scott Hoffman, acting director of planning and community development, briefed council on a proposed ordinance to implement the state—9s natural medicine licensing law and map where four types of state-licensed businesses could locate in Pueblo.
Scott Hoffman, acting director of planning and community development, briefed the Pueblo City Council on Feb. 3 about a draft zoning amendment to implement the state natural medicine law (Senate Bill 23-290, Proposition 122). The state-law framework authorizes four types of licensed businesses statewide — healing centers, cultivation centers, testing facilities and manufacturing facilities — and allows local governments to regulate place, manner and time but not to prohibit the businesses outright.
Why it matters: Proposition 122 decriminalized certain naturally occurring psychedelic substances while creating a licensing structure at the state level. Local zoning choices will determine where healing centers and related operations can legally open in Pueblo and how close they can be to schools and child-care facilities.
Hoffman said staff research of the Department of Regulatory Agencies…
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