Aurora permits cannabis dispensaries under City Code §94-400, limited to designated commercial zones with 1,000-foot buffer from schools, daycares, and residential zones. Centennial, Littleton, and Englewood allow dispensaries with similar restrictions. Cherry Hills Village bans retail. Greenwood Village bans retail. Unincorporated Arapahoe County permits licensed operations.
Cannabis retail in Arapahoe County varies significantly by jurisdiction. Aurora City Code §94-400 et seq. permits licensed dispensaries in specific commercial zones (B-1, B-2) with minimum 1,000-foot buffer from K-12 schools, licensed daycare centers, residential zones, and other dispensaries. Conditional use permit required. Aurora licenses both medical and adult-use retail. Centennial Municipal Code §7-14 permits dispensaries in industrial and some commercial zones with similar buffer requirements and approval through a local licensing authority. Littleton allows dispensaries under City Code §7-1-11 with buffer zones and security requirements. Englewood permits operations in industrial zones. Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills Village have banned all marijuana retail operations under Colorado's local-option authority in C.R.S. §44-10-104. Unincorporated Arapahoe County allows licensed operations under county Land Development Code with Arapahoe County Sheriff as law enforcement and county commissioners as local licensing authority. All dispensaries must hold a state license from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) under C.R.S. §44-10-101 et seq. plus local license. Security requirements include 24-hour video surveillance, alarm systems, limited access vaults, and tracking through METRC (Marijuana Enforcement Tracking Reporting & Compliance). Operating hours 8 AM to 10 PM typical. Signage heavily restricted—no off-premise advertising within 1,000 ft of schools.
Operating without license: closure order and criminal charges under C.R.S. §18-18-406(2)(c) felony. Buffer violations: permit revocation. Sales to minors: felony and automatic license revocation per C.R.S. §44-10-901.
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