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No. 25-13 Adopting a New Chapter 8.27 Regarding Local Regulation of Natural Medicine and Amending Section 7.24.040 Regarding Table of Allowed Usesn Avon COLORADO ORDINANCE NO.25-13 ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 8.27 REGARDING LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE AND AMENDING SECTION 7.24.040 REGARDING TABLE OF ALLOWED USES WHEREAS, the Town of Avon, Colorado (Town) is duly organized and validly exists as a Home Rule Town under Article XX, Section 6 of the Colorado Constitution and the Town's Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-15-401, the Town possesses the authority to adopt laws and ordinances within its police power in furtherance of the public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 29-20-101, et seq., provides the Town with the broad authority to plan for and regulate the use of land to best protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the Town and to guide future growth, development, and distribution of land uses within the Town; and WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-23-301, et seq. the Council has authority to adopt and enforce zoning regulations; and WHEREAS, Colorado voters adopted citizen initiated Proposition 122, which amended Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statues to include Article 170, now designated as the "Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022" (NMHA); and WHEREAS, the Colorado Natural Medicine Code (Regulatory Act), codified in C.R.S. §§ 44-50-101 through 904 authorizes Town Council to enact ordinances regulating the time, place, and manner of the operation of licenses issued pursuant to the Regulatory Act; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. §§ 12-170-115 and 44-50-104 establish that the Town shall not adopt, enact, or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution that is otherwise in conflict with the provisions of the NMHA or the Regulatory Act.; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. §§ 12-170-104(8) and 44-50-103(6) define "healing center" as a facility licensed by the state licensing authority that permits a facilitator to provide and supervise natural medicine services for a participant; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 44-50-103(14) defines "natural medicine business" as "a natural medicine healing center, a natural medicine cultivation facility, a natural medicine products manufacturer, a natural medicine testing facility, or another licensed entity created by the state licensing authority;" and Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 WHEREAS, the Regulatory Act authorizes Council to enact zoning ordinances identifying the area where cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storage, distribution, transfer, and dispensation of natural medicine and natural medicine product as defined by the Regulatory Act may be permitted in the Town; and WHEREAS, the Regulatory Act authorizes Council to enact ordinances to establish the distance restrictions for buildings where natural medicine services are provided within the vicinity of a child care center, preschool, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, or high school, and a residential child care facility; and WHEREAS, the Town's Municipal Code (Code) contains land use and development standards enacted to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the Town; and WHEREAS, under the Town's current land use and development standards, the operation of natural medicine healing centers and natural medicine businesses are not permitted land uses and the Town has not approved any such land use; and WHEREAS, the Town does not currently have any zoning regulations addressing natural medicine healing centers and natural medicine businesses; and WHEREAS, the Council finds that it is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the Town and its residents to adopt a new Chapter 8.27 in Title 8 of the Avon Municipal Code titled Natural Medicine to encompass local regulations surrounding natural medicine in the Town; and WHEREAS, the Council finds that it is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the Town and its residents to amend Section 7.20.040 — Table 7.24-1 regarding Allowed Uses to identify the areas where natural medicine healing centers and natural medicine businesses other than healing centers may operate within the Town; and WHEREAS, on February 25, 2025, Council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-07 titled An Emergency Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Submission, Acceptance, Processing, and Approval of Applications for and/or the Establishment of Natural Medicine Healing Centers and Businesses within Town Limits (Temporary Moratorium); and WHEREAS, Section 2(b) of the Temporary Moratorium established that it shall terminate on the 251h day of August, 2025 unless terminated at an earlier date or extended by further Ordinance by Council; and WHEREAS, the Temporary Moratorium shall expire upon the effective date of the adoption of this Ordinance. Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO the following: Section 1. Recitals Incorporated. The above and foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by reference and adopted as findings and determinations of the Town Council. Section 2. Title 8 of the Avon Municipal Code is hereby amended by adopting a new Chapter 8.27 titled of Natural Medicine to read in its entirety as follows: Section 8.27.010 — Definitions For purposes of this Chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings: Natural Medicine means psilocybin or psilocyn and other substances described in the Regulatory Act as "natural medicine." Natural Medicine Business means any of the following entities licensed under the Regulatory Act and includes a natural medicine healing center, a natural medicine cultivation facility, a natural medicine products manufacturer, or a natural medicine testing facility, or another licensed entity created by the state licensing authority. Natural medicine healing center means a facility where an entity is licensed by the state licensing authority that permits a facilitator as defined by the Regulatory Act, to provide and supervise natural medicine services for a participant as defined by the Regulatory Act, which includes a participant consuming and experiencing the effects of regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product under the supervision of a facilitator. Natural medicine product means a product infused with natural medicine that is intended for consumption, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Natural medicine services mean a preparation session, administrative session, and integration session, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Participant means an individual who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older who receives natural medicine services prescribed by and under the supervision of a facilitator, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Regulated natural medicine means natural medicine that is cultivated, manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported, or dispensed, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Regulated natural medicine product means a natural medicine product that is cultivated, manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported, or dispensed, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Regulatory Act means the Colorado Natural Medicine Code codified in Colorado Revised Statutes. Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 State licensing authority means the authority created under the Regulatory Act for the purpose of regulating and controlling the licensing of the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storing, distribution, transfer, and dispensation of regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product, as provided by the Regulatory Act. Section 8.27.020 Permitted location for natural medicine healing centers. Natural medicine healing centers are a permitted use in the Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District (NC), the Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District (MC), the Town Center Zoning District (TC), the Shopping Center Zoning District (SC), the Light Industrial and Commercial Zoning District (IC), and in Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoned properties where medical office uses are permitted subject to the distance, time, manner, and place requirements contained in this Chapter 8.27. Natural medicine healing centers are prohibited in all other zoning districts in the Town. Section 8.27.030 Permitted locations for natural medicine businesses other than healing centers. Natural medicine businesses other than natural medicine healing centers including, but not limited to, cultivation facilities, natural medicine products manufacturers, natural medicine testing facilities, and other licensed natural medicine business entities created by the state licensing authority are permitted uses in the Light Industrial and Commercial Zoning District (IC) subject to the distance, time, manner, and place requirements contained in this Chapter 8.27. Such natural medicine businesses — other than natural medicine healing centers - are prohibited in all other zoning districts of the Town. Section 8.27.040 Distance from Schools. (a) No natural medicine healing center or natural medicine business shall operate out of a building that is within one thousand (1,000) feet of a licensed child care center, preschool, elementary, middle, junior, or high school, or a licensed residential child care facility (collectively "School"). (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a properly licensed natural medicine healing center or natural medicine business that was actively doing business before a School was established and/or constructed within one thousand (1,000) feet of such natural medicine healing center or natural medicine business. (c) The distances referred to in this Section shall be computed by direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for a School to the nearest portion of the building in which the natural medicine healing center or natural medicine business exists or services are provided using a route of direct pedestrian access. Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE - LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 Section 8.27.050 Hours of operation — natural medicine services. Natural medicine healing centers and natural medicine businesses that provide natural medicine services shall be permitted to operate any day of the week between 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Section 8.27.060 Public view of natural medicine businesses and natural medicine services. All doorways, windows, and other openings of natural medicine business buildings shall be located, covered, or screened in such a manner to prevent a view into the interior from any exterior public or semipublic area. All activities of natural medicine businesses and natural medicine services shall occur indoors Section 8.27.070 Lighting of natural medicine businesses. Primary entrances, parking lots, and exterior walkways of natural medicine businesses shall be clearly illuminated with downward facing security lights to provide after -dark visibility for facilitators, participants, and employees, subject to all applicable Town lighting standards. All exterior lighting shall be downcast and shielded with a temperature of 3,000 Kelvin or warmer. Section 8.27.080 Storage of natural medicine businesses. All storage for natural medicine businesses shall be located within a permanent building and may not be located within a trailer, tent, or motor vehicle. Section 8.27.090 Odor from natural medicine businesses. Natural medicine businesses shall use an air filtration and ventilation system designed to ensure that the odors from natural medicine and natural medicine products are confined to the premises and are not detectable beyond the property boundaries on which the facility is located. Natural medicine businesses located in a multi -unit building shall use an air filtration and ventilation system designed to ensure that the odors from natural medicine and natural medicine products are confined to the premises and are not detectable beyond the unit in which the facility is located. Section 8.27.100 Natural medicine businesses secure disposal. Natural medicine businesses shall provide secure disposal of natural medicine and natural medicine product remnants or by-products. Natural medicine and natural medicine product remnants or by- products shall not be placed within the facilities' exterior refuse container. Section 8.27.110 Processing of Natural Medicine. (a) The processing of natural medicine that includes the use of hazardous materials, including, without limitation, and by way of example, flammable and combustible liquids, carbon dioxide, and liquified petroleum gases, such as butane, is prohibited. Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 (b) Nonhazardous materials used to process natural medicine shall be stored in a manner so as to mitigate and ensure odors are not detectable beyond the property boundaries on which the processing facility is located or the exterior walls of the processing facility associated with the processing of natural medicine. (c) The processing of natural medicine shall meet the requirements of all adopted Town building and life/safety codes. (d) The processing of natural medicine shall meet all of the requirements of all adopted water and sewer regulations promulgated by the applicable water and sewer provider. Section 8.27.120 Nuisance (a) It is unlawful and deemed a nuisance to: (1) Operate a natural medicine business in violation of any of the requirements set forth in state law or regulation or this Chapter 8.27. (2) Dispose of, discharge out of or from, or permit to flow from any facility associated with natural medicine any foul or noxious liquid or substance of any kind whatsoever including, without limitation, by-products of the natural medicine process into or upon any adjacent ground or lot, into any street, alley, or public place or into any municipal storm sewer and/or system in the Town. (b) Any such violation of this Chapter is subject to the General Penalty provision of the Avon Municipal Code Chapter 1.08. Section 3. Section 7.24.040 of the Avon Municipal Code contains Table 7.24-1 — Allowed Uses — and is hereby amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. Section 4. Termination of Temporary Moratorium. Ordinance No. 2025-07 titled An Emergency Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Submission, Acceptance, Processing, and Approval of Applications for and/or the Establishment of Natural Medicine Healing Centers and Businesses within Town Limits shall terminate upon the effective date of this Ordinance. Section 5. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. The Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each provision thereof, even though any one of the provisions might be declared unconstitutional or invalid. As used in this Section, the term "provision" means and includes any part, division, subdivision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase; the term "application' means and Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE - LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 includes an application of an ordinance or any part thereof, whether considered or construed alone or together with another ordinance or ordinances, or part thereof, of the Town Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after the date of final passage in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Avon Home Rule Charter. Section 7. Safety Clause. The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the Town of Avon, that it is promulgated for the health, safety and welfare of the public, and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The Town Council further determines that the Ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be obtained. Section 8. No Existing Violation Affected. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, liability, or right or affect any audit, suit, or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing which may have been incurred or obtained under any ordinance or provision hereby repealed or amended by this Ordinance. Any such ordinance or provision thereof so amended, repealed, or superseded by this Ordinance shall be treated and held as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions, for the enforcement of such penalty, liability, or right, and for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, or proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty or liability or enforcing such right, and shall be treated and held as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings, actions, hearings, and appeals pending before any court or administrative tribunal. Section 9. Codification of Amendments. The codifier of the Town's Municipal Code, Colorado Code Publishing, is hereby authorized to make such numerical and formatting changes as may be necessary to incorporate the provisions of this Ordinance within the Avon Municipal Code. The Town Clerk is authorized to correct, or approve the correction by the codifier, of any typographical error in the enacted regulations, provided that such correction shall not substantively change any provision of the regulations adopted in this Ordinance. Such corrections may include spelling, reference, citation, enumeration, and grammatical errors. Section 10. Publication. The Town Clerk is ordered to publish this Ordinance in accordance with Chapter 1.16 of the Avon Municipal Code. INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING AND REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEARING by the Avon Town Council on June 24, 2025 and setting such public hearing for July 22, 2025 at the Council Chambers of the Avon Municipal Building, located at One Hundred Mikaela Way, Avon, Colorado. Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 BY: -14 //WX mra Nr trnderwood, Mayor ATTEST: Miguel Jauregui ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING by the 2025. BY: ffv mra N. Underwood, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: 611 Nina Wi 'ams, wn Attorney ATTEST: Miguel Jauregui C Ord 25-13 ORDINANCE — LOCAL REGULATION OF NATURAL MEDICINE 07/22/2025 OF T S E,, Town Cle Town Council on July 22, O�aN O � • S EA L : Town C k' *. M o N 0 000 / zw Q HQ ~ r 4 � O w' L O � cd o C� ce_ , U ce E ~ L U Z! q •V aLl�� a� U U C U _ cd O w -uo C L d U Lt s oal � oal a cn a. �•II :al oal wl wl wi CL C cn y U IcId U — r s Cc:a� ocn ILI • o L U 'L � O