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Buena Vista adopts zoning rules for state-mandated natural-medicine businesses, sets hours and spacing rules
Summary
Following a public hearing, the board amended the Unified Development Code to permit state-allowed natural-medicine businesses (healing centers, product manufacturers, cultivation and testing facilities) in specified zones with special-use review, adopted 7 a.m.–9 p.m. operating hours for healing centers, kept a 500-foot separation rule for certain uses, and removed an unnecessary 500-foot buffer from alcohol/drug-rehab facilities.
The board adopted amendments to the Unified Development Code to implement state-mandated provisions allowing four categories of natural-medicine businesses (healing centers, product manufacturers, cultivation facilities and testing facilities). The changes establish where those uses are potentially allowed, impose measurement rules for buffer distances, and add site-and-operation requirements.
Planning staff explained the state requires municipalities to designate where these uses may operate and allows towns to regulate time,…
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