Detroit's marijuana ordinance requires retailers and other cannabis establishments to maintain spacing buffers from schools, parks, religious institutions, and other dispensaries. Buffers vary by license type and are enforced through zoning review.
Chapter 50 of the Detroit Zoning Ordinance and Chapter 21 licensing rules establish drug-free zone buffers measured property-line to property-line. Adult-use retailers generally must sit at least 1,000 feet from K-12 schools and 500 feet from controlled-uses such as religious institutions, child care centers, libraries, parks, and other marijuana establishments. Microbusinesses and designated consumption establishments use shorter buffers. Buffers are confirmed by BSEED's zoning team during the special land use review and must be re-verified before annual license renewal. The state Cannabis Regulatory Agency layers its own school and daycare buffer of 1,000 feet under MCL §333.27959 unless the local government opts to reduce it, which Detroit has not done broadly.
Operating within a prohibited buffer, expanding into a non-conforming parcel, or failing zoning re-verification at renewal results in license denial, revocation, and zoning enforcement actions through BSEED.
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