Broomfield, CO Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Section 5-42-090 governs where a licensed marijuana establishment can operate in Broomfield, and subsection (A) states the baseline rule: no application for a license, or for a change of an existing license's location, will be granted for premises proposed on a residentially zoned or used property, on any property designated open space or open lands, or on any property used for a public purpose. Paragraph (C)(1) makes that residential ban concrete by naming the specific zoning districts it covers: A(B), A(W), A(W)-RR, A-1, A-1(J), A-1(A), A-2(J), A-2(A), A-3(A), E-1, E-2, E-3, R-1, R-1(J), R-1-PUD, R-1A(J), R-2(J), R-3, R-3-PUD, R-5, R-5-PUD, R-PUD, RC(J), RE(A), RR, and RR(B), plus any PUD plan that includes only residential uses within Broomfield.

That leaves marijuana establishments confined to the city's commercial and industrial districts, further narrowed by the school, treatment-facility, and inter-store setbacks in the same section's subsection (C)(2) through (C)(4). Subsection (D) adds one more locational condition specific to medical marijuana: any medical marijuana establishment licensed in Broomfield must be co-located with a licensed retail marijuana establishment, so a standalone medical-only store cannot be sited anywhere in the city. Because the city caps the total number of marijuana establishment licenses at six under section 5-42-120(E) and requires the city clerk to verify zoning compliance before licensing under section 5-42-100(A)(4), an applicant's proposed address is checked against this residential ban and district list before an application can even be deemed complete under section 5-42-110.