Loveland, CO Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Loveland Municipal Code § 8.10.090
- School/youth buffer
- 1,000 feet from any youth populated area
- Other business buffer
- One mile from another marijuana business
- Residential restriction
- Not allowed inside a residential unit
- Youth populated area includes
- Schools, childcare, public library, public playground
- Last amended
- Ordinance No. 6804 § 10, Dec. 16, 2025
Summary
Loveland's Local Licensing Code bars a marijuana business license within 1,000 feet of any 'youth populated area,' defined to include schools, licensed childcare and preschool facilities, public libraries and public playgrounds, plus vocational schools, colleges and drug-treatment facilities. The same section bars locating within one mile of another marijuana business or inside a residential unit.
A. No marijuana business shall be issued a license if, at the time of application for such license, the proposed location is: 1. Within 1,000 feet of a youth populated area; a vocational or trade school, college, university, or seminary; or an alcohol or drug treatment facility; 2. Within one mile of another marijuana business licensed pursuant to this Title 8; or 3. Inside of a residential unit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
090, 'Location criteria,' prohibits the City from issuing a marijuana business license if the proposed location sits within 1,000 feet of a 'youth populated area,' or a vocational or trade school, college, university, or seminary, or an alcohol or drug treatment facility. The same section bars a location within one mile of another marijuana business already licensed under Title 8, and bars locating inside a residential unit altogether. 'Youth populated area' is defined earlier in Title 8 to include a private or public licensed commercial childcare center, preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school not located in a residence; a library open to the public; a playground open to the public; and a youth center serving children.
B extends the same location criteria to all proposed marijuana business license applications, not just first-time ones. 2, and it was most recently amended by Ordinance No. 080.
Violations & Fines
A marijuana business license application for a site inside the 1,000-foot youth-populated-area buffer, the one-mile business-spacing buffer, or a residential unit must be denied under Section 8.10.090. An existing licensee found to have obtained or held a license in violation of the location criteria faces denial, suspension, or revocation of the license under Title 8's licensing enforcement provisions, in addition to any applicable UDC nuisance enforcement.
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