Danbury, CT Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Dispensary buffer
- 500 ft from parks, day cares, worship
- School/college buffer
- 1,000 ft from schools and colleges
- Allowed zones
- CA-80 and CG-20 districts only
- Citywide cap
- Max 2 hybrid retailers, or 1 of each
- Approval type
- Special exception from Planning Commission
Summary
Danbury bars cannabis dispensaries within 500 feet of parks, schools, day cares, and houses of worship, and within 1,000 feet of schools, colleges, and school bus stops, with only three establishments allowed citywide.
No cannabis dispensary facility shall be located within five-hundred (500) feet of a municipal building, public park, public recreation area, licensed adult or child day care center, dependency treatment center, shelter for the homeless, transitional housing facility, or place of worship. The distance shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest legal parcel boundary line of the land used for said purpose to the main pedestrian entrance of the cannabis dispensary facility.
(b) No cannabis dispensary facility shall be located within one-thousand (1,000) feet of any nursery/pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary or secondary school, college or university, or charitable institution including any offices thereof, whether supported by public or private funds. The distance shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest legal parcel boundary line of the land used for said purpose to the main pedestrian entrance of the cannabis dispensary facility.
(c) No cannabis dispensary facility shall be located within five-hundred (500) feet of a school bus stop. The distance shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest legal parcel boundary line of the land used for the cannabis dispensary facility to the bus stop.
(6) Distance requirements for cannabis hybrid retailers or cannabis retailers shall be as follows.
Full Breakdown
Danbury restricts cannabis dispensary facilities to the CA-80 and CG-20 zoning districts as special exception uses. A dispensary cannot locate within 500 feet of a municipal building, public park, recreation area, licensed day care, treatment center, homeless shelter, transitional housing, or place of worship, measured from the nearest parcel line to the dispensary's main entrance. It also cannot sit within 1,000 feet of any school, college, or charitable institution, or within 500 feet of a school bus stop. Cannabis hybrid retailers and retailers face 1,000-foot buffers from those same uses, and the city caps the total number of establishments citywide.
Violations & Fines
Operating a cannabis retail use that violates the siting buffers or the citywide establishment cap is a zoning violation; the Zoning Enforcement Officer can deny or revoke the permit and pursue enforcement under the special exception approval.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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