Danbury, CT Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed districts
- CA-80, CG-20 only
- Citywide cap
- 2 hybrid retailers max
- School/day-care buffer
- Up to 1,000 feet
- Operating hours
- Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 9am-3pm
Summary
Danbury allows cannabis dispensaries, hybrid retailers, and retailers only in the CA-80 and CG-20 districts by special exception, capped citywide and buffered up to 1,000 feet from schools, parks, and day cares.
A cannabis dispensary facility, cannabis hybrid retailer, and cannabis retailer shall only be permitted in the CA-80 and CG-20 Zoning Districts.
(3) Vehicular access onto a lot upon which is located a cannabis dispensary facility, cannabis hybrid retailer, or cannabis retailer shall be provided solely from a collector or arterial street.
(4) Cannabis dispensary facilities, cannabis hybrid retailers, and cannabis retailers shall operate only between the hours of Monday through Saturday 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and on Sundays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. 3-3
(5) Distance requirements for cannabis dispensary facilities shall be as follows.
(a) No cannabis dispensary facility shall be located within five-hundred (500) feet of a municipal building, public park, public recreation area, licensed adult or child day care center, dependency treatment center, shelter for the homeless, transitional housing facility, or place of worship. The distance shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest legal parcel boundary line of the land used for said purpose to the main pedestrian entrance of the cannabis dispensary facility.
Full Breakdown
Cannabis dispensary facilities, hybrid retailers, and retailers are special-exception uses allowed only in the CA-80 and CG-20 districts. Citywide approvals cap at two hybrid retailers, or one dispensary plus one hybrid retailer plus one retailer combined. A dispensary cannot sit within 500 feet of a municipal building, park, day care, homeless shelter, or place of worship, or within 1,000 feet of a school, college, or charitable institution; hybrid retailers and retailers must stay 200 feet from any residential district boundary. All cannabis establishments must be at least one mile apart, keep 500 feet from school bus stops, operate only 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, and are barred from any lot fronting Main Street/Route 53.
Violations & Fines
Siting a dispensary or retailer outside CA-80/CG-20, inside a buffer zone, or beyond the citywide cap violates § 3.C.4; no variance may be granted, and the Zoning Enforcement Officer can deny or revoke approval.
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