Lake Oswego voters to decide whether to bring psilocybin facilities to the city

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Lake Oswego City Council is bringing a psilocybin measure to the ballot in November, which will decide if psilocybin facilities are allowed in the city.

During a City Council meeting on July 16, councilmembers unanimously passed a resolution, sending the decision on whether to continue the city's psilocybin ban to voters, as first reported by Lake Oswego Review.

In 2020, Oregonians approved Measure 109, which legalized psilocybin in the state. As part of the measure, cities had the option to opt-out and ban psilocybin facilities.

More than 30 cities across Oregon decided to opt-out, including Lake Oswego in 2022, officials said. If cities decided to opt-out, the state measure required cities to vote in the next general election on the ban.

If Lake Oswego voters decide to lift the ban during the November election, Lake Oswego has several time, place, and manner restrictions in place for future psilocybin service centers.

Those restrictions include bans on psilocybin service centers in residential zones, which would require a 1,000-foot buffer from service centers and licensed childcare facilities and schools. They also ban service centers from being located in the same building as marijuana businesses.

If the ban is lifted, the City Council will review the restrictions in three years.

Officials note the land use impacts of psilocybin facilities are not known because Oregon was the first state in the nation to legalize psilocybin and the Oregon Health Authority initially only granted a few psilocybin licenses.

KOIN 6 News reached out to Lake Oswego City Council. This story will be updated if we receive a response.