Posted Yesterday At 9:22am
BEND, OR — Deschutes County Commissioners will hold another public hearing later this month on a destination resort’s request to open a psilocybin service center. The application for Juniper Preserve – formerly Pronghorn – was initially denied in April.
Associate County Planner Audrey Stuart told Commissioners Monday the proposed parking lot is too visible to nearby homes, “The hearings officer found that there are adjacent residences, so immediately to the south, and that there wasn’t sufficient screening.” She added, “There are some shrubs and landscaping proposed. But the hearings officer essentially said it wasn’t sufficient.” Under county code, parking for psilocybin centers must not be visible from neighboring residences.
There were also problems with line-of sight for a service driveway. And then, there’s the question of transportation, “This third issue area is the one that received quite a number of public comments and likely will be addressed in detail at the public hearing, and this is whether there is adequate transportation access,” Stuart told Commissioners. The federal government still considers Psilocybin, also known as psychedelic mushrooms, a Schedule I drug. Stuart notes, the only way to access Juniper Preserve is through an area overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. “The proposal requires transporting psilocybin across federal land; and the hearings officer found the transportation access is not sufficient because it requires the applicant to transport psilocybin across this right of way.”
Stuart says the county received more than 170 public comments on the application, many from people confused why the resort doesn’t need to change its master plan, “Back when the county adopted regulations for service centers for psilocybin, it was decided that within an existing destination resort, if you have an area that’s already approved for commercial use then you can establish a service center without modifying the conceptual master plan or final master plan.”
Deschutes County Commissioners will hear Juniper Preserve’s appeal on July 17th.
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Resort Appeals Denial Of Psilocybin Service Center – Bend – KBND
