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Council passes first reading of natural medicine ordinance; local rules set 1,000-foot buffers and zoning limits
Summary
On first reading council approved Ordinance No. 2270 which adopts local place-and-manner regulations tied to the state natural medicine law: a 1,000-foot buffer from child-care and school properties, limits on zones where healing centers and cultivation/manufacturing can operate, and prohibitions on home-occupation facilitation.
Council voted 8–0 on first reading of Ordinance No. 2270 to amend Broomfield Municipal Code Title 17 with place-and-manner regulations for natural medicine businesses consistent with the state regulatory framework established after Proposition 122.
The nut graf: Staff recommended limited local regulation to fit the state framework: the ordinance sets where different natural-medicine activities may operate, a 1,000-foot buffer from child-care and K–8 schools (measured property-line to property-line), and manner standards (no detectable odors/smoke/heat/glare beyond a property line and no operation as a home occupation).
Staff summary and definitions: Brandon Rowe,…
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