The Maryland Cannabis Administration licenses dispensaries; Harford County sets the zoning. Under Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis §36-405 the county may impose siting and buffer rules but may not enact zoning that unduly burdens a state cannabis licensee.
Cannabis dispensaries operating in Harford County are licensed by the Maryland Cannabis Administration under the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, not by the county. The county controls where a licensed dispensary may locate through its zoning code, and it may set reasonable siting, distance, and buffer standards. State law limits that power: under §36-405 a political subdivision may not adopt zoning or other requirements that unduly burden a cannabis licensee, and county zoning for a licensed dispensary may be no more restrictive than the rules it applies to a retail alcohol dealer. Bel Air, Aberdeen, and Havre de Grace apply their own zoning to dispensaries within their limits under the same state constraints.
A dispensary operating without a Maryland Cannabis Administration license, or outside the county zoning it is subject to, faces state license action and local land-use enforcement, including orders to cease operation.
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