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Woodland Park council sets public hearing on local regulation of natural medicine businesses
Summary
The council approved initial posting of Ordinance 14 94 to add Chapter 18.8 to the municipal code and set a public hearing for April 17, 2025; planning staff said the ordinance follows prior work sessions and a Planning Commission recommendation.
The Woodland Park City Council voted unanimously April 3 to approve initial posting of Ordinance 14 94, which would add a new Chapter 18.8 to the municipal code to regulate natural medicine and natural healing centers, and set a public hearing for April 17, 2025.
The ordinance, presented by Planning Director Karen Schmink, follows several work sessions and a Planning Commission public hearing. Schmink told the council, “this ordinance comes to you after a couple of work sessions that you all had and then, one on behalf of the Planning Commission who then held their own public hearing, and are making a recommendation for you to review and adopt this ordinance.”
The measure would adopt a local regulatory chapter for natural medicine businesses and amend related zoning definitions and the table of permitted uses in Title 18 of the city code. Schmink said the action at the April 3 meeting was limited to setting the public hearing and initial posting; the council did not adopt the ordinance on final reading that night.
Public comment earlier in the meeting touched on developments at the state level. Jason Friisma, of Woodland Park, told the council the state’s Department of Regulations had approved “the first healing center in Denver on Monday,” and said “the ball is beginning to roll on healing centers opening across the state.” That comment was not part of the council’s formal action but was included in public comment ahead of the ordinance discussion.
Council members who voted in favor did so on the initial posting motion; no amendments were adopted at the April 3 action. The city clerk recorded the motion as carried unanimously.
The April 17 public hearing will give the council another opportunity to hear public testimony and consider final language before any adoption vote. The ordinance, as described at the meeting, would add locally tailored rules to regulate natural medicine uses in Woodland Park’s zoning code.
