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Commerce City adopts zoning rules for natural-medicine businesses after calls for indigenous consultation
Summary
Commerce City Council adopted Ordinance 2656, revising the land-development code to regulate natural-medicine healing centers and cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities.
Commerce City Council adopted Ordinance 2656 on second reading, revising the city's land-development code to regulate where and how natural-medicine facilities may operate within city limits.
The ordinance updates local land-use rules for three categories: natural-medicine healing centers, cultivations, and manufacturing/testing facilities. Final approval came after public comment from Indigenous and environmental-justice advocates who urged the council to require deeper consultation, equity analysis and stronger local protections before allowing manufacturing or cultivation operations near vulnerable neighborhoods.
Why this matters: Colorado's 2022 ballot changes and subsequent state rulemaking authorize a new sector of licensed natural-medicine activities. Local governments do not license providers; instead, locals can adopt time, place and manner regulations through zoning. Those decisions affect where commercial cultivation, testing and healing centers may locate…
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