In accordance with the Colorado Natural Medicine Code, codified in C.R.S. §§ 44-50-101 through 904 (the "Natural Medicine Code"), to:

(a)

Regulate the time, place and manner of the operation of licenses issued pursuant to the Natural Medicine Code;

(b)

Set forth the area where the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storage, distribution, transfer and dispensation of natural medicine and natural medicine product, as defined in the Natural Medicine Code, is permitted within the Town of LaSalle; and

(c)

Establish distance restrictions for buildings where natural medicine services are provided.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)

For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Facilitator means a natural person who is 21 years of age or older, has the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and knowledge to perform and supervise natural medicine services for a participant, and is licensed as provided by state law to engage in the practice of facilitation.

Natural medicine means psilocybin or psilocyn and other substances described in the Natural Medicine Code as "natural medicine."

Natural medicine business means an entity licensed under the Natural Medicine Code and includes a natural medicine healing center, a natural medicine cultivation facility, a natural medicine products manufacturer, a natural medicine testing facility, and any other 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 to provide and supervise natural medicine services for a participant, 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 further defined in the Natural Medicine Code.

Natural medicine services means a preparation session, administrative session and integration session, as provided in the Natural Medicine Code.

Participant means an individual who is 21 years of age or older who receives natural medicine services prescribed by and under the supervision of a facilitator.

Regulated natural medicine means natural medicine that is cultivated, manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported or dispensed, as provided in the Natural Medicine Code.

Regulated natural medicine product means a natural medicine product that is cultivated, manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported, or dispensed, as provided in the Natural Medicine Code.

State licensing authority means the authority created under the Natural Medicine Code 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 in the Natural Medicine Code.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)

(a)

Natural medicine businesses are uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commission and approval by the board of trustees in the light industrial (I-1) and heavy industrial (I-2) zones, subject to the distance requirements contained in subsection 16-304. Such licensed facilities are prohibited in planned unit development (PUD) zoning districts, including those that permit light and heavy industrial heavy (I-2) zone uses, and all other zoning districts in the town.

(b)

Natural medicine businesses are prohibited within future annexed areas within the Evans and LaSalle Coordinated Planning Area as designated in the intergovernmental agreement between the City of Evans and the Town of LaSalle regarding the establishment of a coordinated planning area as adopted and amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)

(a)

No natural medicine business that provides natural medicine services shall operate out of a building that is within 1,000 feet of: a child care center: preschool; elementary, middle, junior or high school; or a residential child care facility (collectively "school"), measured from the nearest property line of the land used for a school or facility to the nearest portion of the healing center, using a route of direct pedestrian access.

(b)

No natural medicine business that provides natural medicine services shall operate out of a building that is within 500 feet of single-family dwellings, duplexes or multiple-family dwellings (collectively "residential dwellings"), measured from the nearest applicable property line using a route of direct pedestrian access.

(c)

Subsections (a) and (b) above do not apply to a licensed facility located on land owned by the town or the State of Colorado or apply to a licensed facility that was actively doing business under a valid license issued by the state licensing authority before the school or residential dwelling was constructed.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)

(a)

Hours. Natural medicine healing centers shall only operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. All other natural medicine businesses shall only operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(b)

Public view. All doorways, windows and other openings 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 shall occur indoors.

(c)

Lighting. Primary entrances, parking lots and exterior walkways shall be clearly illuminated with downward facing security lights to provide after-dark visibility for facilitators, participants, and employees.

(d)

Storage: All storage shall be located within a permanent building, and not a trailer, tent, or motor vehicle.

(e)

Odor. Natural medicine businesses shall use an air filtration and ventilation system designed to ensure that the odors from natural medicine, natural medicine products, natural medicine healing, and natural medicine healing products are confined to the premises and are not detectable beyond the property boundaries on which the business is located.

(f)

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 in an exterior refuse container.

(g)

Processing.

(1)

The processing of natural medicine that includes the use of hazardous materials, including without limitation flammable and combustible liquids, carbon dioxide, and liquified petroleum gases, such as butane, is prohibited.

(2)

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 or natural medicine healing products.

(3)

The processing of natural medicine shall meet the requirements of all adopted town building codes and other applicable law.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)

It shall be unlawful and deemed a nuisance to dispose of, discharge out of or from or permit to flow from any natural medicine business, 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.

(Ord. No. 3-2025, § 1, 2-11-2025)