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A. Purpose. The Colorado Natural Medicine Code, as codified in the Regulatory Act, <br />specifically authorizes the governing body of a municipality to enact an ordinance to <br />regulate the time, place, and manner of the operation of natural medicine businesses. <br />B. Distance from schools. No natural medicine healing center may be located within one <br />thousand (1,000) feet of a child care center; preschool, elementary, middle, junior, or <br />high school; or a residential child care facility. The distance shall be determined by a <br />direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for a school or <br />for child care to the nearest property line of the site containing the natural medicine <br />healing center. <br />C. Hours of operation. The provision of natural medicine services at a natural medicine <br />healing center shall only occur between the hours of 6:00am and 12:00am. <br />Section 7. Louisville Municipal Code Title 9 (Public Peace and Welfare) is <br />hereby amended by the addition of a new Chapter 9.42 as follows: <br />Chapter 9.42 <br />Offenses Relating to Natural Medicine <br />Sec. 9.42.010. Definitions. <br />Natural medicine means dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, ibogaine, psilocybin, or <br />psilocyn, or any other substance listed in Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-434, as amended. <br />Natural medicine product means a product infused with natural medicine that is <br />intended for consumption. <br />In addition to the foregoing definitions, other terms used in this chapter shall have <br />the meanings ascribed to them in Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-434, as amended. <br />Sec. 9.42.020. Underage possession of natural medicine. <br />(a) It is unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-one (21) to knowingly <br />possess or consume natural medicine or a natural medicine product. <br />(b) A person convicted of violating this section shall be punished by a fine of <br />not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or not more than four (4) hours of substance <br />abuse education or counseling; except that a second or subsequent conviction is subject <br />to a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), not more than four (4) hours of <br />substance use education or counseling, and not more than twenty-four (24) hours of <br />useful public service. <br />Sec. 9.42.030. Unlawful display or consumption of natural medicine. <br />Ordinance No. 1887, Series 2024 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />