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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 10, 2024 Page 2 of 8 a) Zoning Code Amendment — Natural Medicines: Consideration of an amendment to Louisville Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning) to allow Natural Medicine Businesses in compliance with Colorado Senate Bill SB 23-290. Staff Presentation: Post introduced the presentation for the zoning code amendment. He explained why this change was necessary, and noted that there was a strict deadline from the state for the City to adopt the ordinance. He showed a map of the areas of the City where natural medicine businesses would and would not be allowed to operate. He also noted that the ordinance included changes to Title 9 of the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC), though this was not within the purview of the Commission. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommended approval of Resolution 11, Series 2024. Commissioner Questions of Staff. Hunt asked what would happen if a new child care facility opened within the buffer of an existing natural medicine business. Post said that this was the subject of discussion amongst staff, but their understanding was that the subject natural medicine business would become nonconforming. Hunt asked whether a new child care facility would know this before opening. Post said that licensing child care facilities was not within the jurisdiction of the City aside from any business licenses, and that the state was instead responsible for regulating child care facilities. Bangs asked about how the City controlled variables of time, place, and manner as defined with relation to natural medicine business. He added that he was most interested in the "manner". Post said that staff thought manner largely referred to the City's nuisance codes for issues like noise and odors. Bangs asked if staff had compared the proposal to the existing policies of other cities. Post said that very few other cities had already implemented these policies due to the short time frame imposed by the state. He added that the proposal was generally in line with the proposals from the City of Boulder. Choi asked why the land use for healing centers was to be considered a medical office use. Post clarified that they were not being wrapped into the medical office use category in the LMC, but were instead being aligned with the regulations for medical offices due to the licensing requirements from the state. Bangs asked whether the City would be able to revisit the policy if the state deemed it to be too restricted. Post said that this would likely require the City to adopt a new ordinance.