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Grand Junction adopts zoning rules to allow state-licensed natural medicine centers
Summary
City Council adopted an amendment to Title 21 of the municipal code to allow state-licensed natural medicine healing centers, cultivation and testing facilities in specified commercial and industrial zones; the ordinance passed 7-0.
Grand Junction City Council adopted an ordinance amending Title 21 of the municipal code to add land-use provisions for state-licensed natural medicine facilities, finalizing the measure on a 7-0 roll call.
The code change, adopted as Ordinance No. 5244, creates a local use category that aligns with Colorado's recent legislation on natural medicine and sets where healing centers, cultivation operations and testing facilities may locate within city zoning districts.
Planning Manager Nikki Gailhouse told the council that the state law preempts local jurisdictions…
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