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Annapolis, MD Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Spacing rule
1-mile radius from any other dispensary
Zoning status
Permitted subject to standards, most districts
Permit condition
On-site naloxone dispensing machine required
Added by
Ordinance O-6-22, effective 7-25-2022

Summary

Medical cannabis dispensaries are a permitted-subject-to-standards use in nearly every commercial and industrial zoning district in Annapolis, but City Code bars any dispensary from locating within one mile of another licensed dispensary.

This use may not be located within a one mile radius of any other licensed premises of a licensed dispensary of medical cannabis. As a condition of receiving a City permit, medical cannabis dispensaries must provide an automated purchasing machine (APM) that shall dispense naloxone nasal spray (Narcan™) or any other formulation of naloxone approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as an emergency treatment for opioid overdose, with the type of APC and a location directed and specified by the City of Annapolis in consultation with the Anne Arundel County Department of Health.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 2025 Update 2).

Full Breakdown

Annapolis City Code § 21.64.405, added by Ordinance O-6-22 in July 2022, lists medical cannabis dispensaries as a "P-Std" (permitted subject to standards) use across nearly every commercial and industrial district in the § 21.48.020 table of uses, not confined to a single industrial zone. Two conditions govern location: a dispensary may not sit within a one-mile radius of any other licensed medical cannabis dispensary, and as a condition of its City permit it must install an automated purchasing machine dispensing naloxone nasal spray (Narcan), with the type and location set by the City in consultation with the county health department.

Violations & Fines

A site within one mile of an existing licensed dispensary, or a dispensary that skips the required naloxone dispensing machine, does not satisfy § 21.64.405: the City withholds the permit needed to open until both conditions are met.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a medical cannabis dispensary open anywhere in Annapolis?
Only in zoning districts where § 21.48.020's table of uses lists it as "P-Std", nearly all commercial and industrial districts, and not within one mile of another licensed dispensary.
Does Annapolis require anything beyond the state cannabis license?
Yes. City Code § 21.64.405 also requires an on-site machine dispensing naloxone (Narcan) as a condition of the City permit, on top of the one-mile spacing rule.

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