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Planning commission backs local zoning for natural medicine healing centers, recommends council approval
Summary
The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission recommended 6–0 that City Council adopt zoning rules allowing state‑licensed ‘natural medicine’ healing centers in specified commercial, industrial and mixed‑use districts while embedding a 1,000‑foot separation from schools and day‑care facilities; the recommendation is advisory to Council, which will act in January.
City of Wheat Ridge planning commissioners on Dec. 18 recommended approval of an ordinance that would add rules for “natural medicine” healing centers — facilities where certain psychedelic‑assisted therapies are administered — and direct where those uses may locate in the city.
The staff presentation, delivered by City Attorney Jerry Dawn, said the state has created a licensing program for natural‑medicine businesses and that a state license will not be effective unless any required local license is also issued. The ordinance under review focuses…
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