Severance City Zoning Code

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.

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

Natural medicine healing centers shall be a use permitted by right in the Development Nodes Zone Districts subject to the distance, time, manner, and place requirements contained in this Chapter 16.21. Natural medicine healing centers are prohibited in all other zoning districts in the Town.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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 shall be a use permitted by right in the Development Node Zone Districts subject to the distance, time, manner, and place requirements contained in this Chapter 16.21. Such natural medicine businesses other than natural medicine healing centers are prohibited in all other zoning districts of the Town.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

(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 childcare center, preschool, elementary, middle, junior, or high school, or a licensed residential childcare 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. No. 2025-22, § 2)

Natural medicine healing centers and natural medicine businesses that provide natural medicine services shall be permitted to operate Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

(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.

(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.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)

(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 16.21.

(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.

Any such violation of this Chapter is subject to the General Penalty provision of the Severance Municipal Code Chapter 1 Article 4.

(Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2)