Anoka County, MN Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Ordinance #2025-1, adopted February 11, 2025 under Minn. ch. 342, applies to the legal boundaries of Anoka County for areas not within a city or town that has adopted its own cannabis ordinance. At the time of adoption the only unincorporated township in Anoka County was Linwood Township, so the county's direct reach is small; every other city and township is incorporated and regulates cannabis on its own unless it hands registration to the county. A city or township that wants Anoka County to run its registration program must deliver a resolution granting delegated authority, keep a current point of contact for zoning and building-code questions, and let all registration fees collected become county property.

Where that delegation exists, the ordinance's Zoning and Land Use section leaves the actual land-use determination to the delegating jurisdiction's own zoning districts by business type; the county does not overlay a separate cannabis zoning map on top of local zoning. Layered on top of whatever zoning applies, the county limits total active retail registrations countywide to 30, one for every 12,500 residents measured against the 2023 census population of 372,441, and reviews that count every year. , seven days a week.