Grant County, WA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Outdoor buffer
- 500 yards from residential uses/UGA
- Park buffer
- 1,000 feet from any public park
- Enclosure setback
- 100 feet from property line
- Allowed outdoor zones
- Ag, Rural Remote, Urban Heavy Industrial
- Dwelling ban
- No grow inside or attached to a home
Summary
Outdoor marijuana production in unincorporated Grant County must sit at least 500 yards from urban growth boundaries, off-premises residences, and residential or shoreline districts under UDO § 23.08.245(a)(4)(A), and every marijuana production, processing or retail site must stay 1,000 feet from any public park under § 23.08.245(a)(5).
(4)Marijuana production, processing and retail sales in all zones, where allowed, shall be within an entirely enclosed building or rigid greenhouse(reference WAC 314-55-075(1)(b)), except that outdoor production may be permitted in the Agriculture, Rural Remote and Urban Heavy Industrial zoning districts subject to the following buffers (measured from property lines of outdoor marijuana production site):(A)At least five hundred (500) yards from the following: any urban growth area boundary, the property lines of any off-premises residence (excluding residences owned or controlled by the producer/processor or the underlying land owner), any residential zoning district, any shoreline development district, the Rural Community zoning district, the Recreational Development zoning district, as well as the park facilities listed in GCC 23.08.245(6). ... (5)In addition to the siting requirements in WAC 314-55-050, all production, processing and retail operations shall be located no less than one-thousand (1,000) feet from a parcel containing public park owned and/or operated by a city, county, special purpose or utility district, state agency or federal agency.
Full Breakdown
245(a)(4). 245(a)(4)(A) from urban growth area boundaries, off-premises residences not owned by the grower, residential zoning districts, shoreline development districts, the Rural Community and Recreational Development districts, and any listed park facility, except that the Urban Heavy Industrial zone is exempted from that buffer entirely. 245(a)(4)(B), and any non-rigid greenhouse counts as outdoor production for buffer purposes under (a)(4)(C). 245(a)(5) applies a countywide 1,000-foot buffer from any parcel containing a public park owned by a city, county, special purpose or utility district, or a state or federal agency, measured by the shortest straight-line distance between the two parcels' property lines; this park buffer binds every marijuana production, processing and retail operation, indoor or outdoor, on top of the WAC 314-55-050 state siting standards.
245(a)(1), must meet the underlying district's own development standards per (a)(2), and can never be sited inside or attached to a dwelling unit per (a)(3).
Violations & Fines
Grant County Development Services and the Sheriff's Office enforce the § 23.08.245 buffers under GCC § 1.32.020, separate from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board's license review. A grow or retail site found short of the 500-yard, 100-foot or 1,000-foot buffers is assessed $500 per occurrence under GCC § 1.32.140, and the county can pursue a stop work order or site plan revocation under §§ 1.32.180 and 1.32.250 until the setback is corrected.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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