Colorado Springs, CO Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

4 sets the buffer for Medical Marijuana Stores at 1,000 feet from any Elementary or Secondary School, Residential Childcare Facility, Drug or Alcohol Treatment Facility, or any other Medical Marijuana Store, meaning two dispensaries cannot cluster next to each other any more than one can sit next to a school. 5 applies the same 1,000-foot minimum to Retail Marijuana Facilities, but casts a wider net on protected daycare uses, naming Child Day Care Centers, Child Care Facilities, and Home Child Day Cares specifically, alongside Elementary or Secondary Schools and Drug or Alcohol Treatment Facilities.

Both provisions measure the same way: from the nearest portion of the building housing the marijuana business to the nearest property line of the protected use, following a route of direct pedestrian access rather than a straight-line radius, so a buffer can be affected by how streets and sidewalks actually connect the two sites. These buffers apply on top of the residential-zone prohibition and the licensing, ventilation, and on-site-consumption standards that already govern where and how MMJ and RMJ Facilities may operate under the same Marijuana-Related Services section.