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Wheat Ridge planning commission backs ordinance to limit where natural medicine healing centers may operate
Summary
Planning commissioners recommended approval of an ordinance that would allow state‑licensed natural medicine "healing centers" only in specified commercial, industrial and mixed‑use zones and prohibit locations within 1,000 feet of schools and day cares.
The Wheat Ridge City Planning Commission on Dec. 18 recommended approval of an ordinance (case ZOA‑24‑08) that would amend Chapter 26 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to regulate where state‑licensed natural medicine "healing centers" may locate in the city.
City Attorney Jerry Dawn told the commission the state enacted legislation after a citizen initiative and created a state regulatory body that will license natural medicine businesses beginning Jan. 1. Dawn said the state law makes clear that a state license will not be effective unless any required local license is also issued.
The ordinance before the commission takes a middle‑ground approach: it does not create a new local licensing authority but instead defines in which zoning districts healing centers would be permitted. Dawn said…
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