Farmington Hills has OPTED OUT of all commercial marihuana establishments — there are NO licensed recreational marihuana retailers, growers, processors, microbusinesses, designated consumption establishments, secure transporters, or safety compliance facilities permitted in Farmington Hills. The opt-out is authorized by MCL 333.27956 (MRTMA Section 6) and is codified in the Farmington Hills Code at Chapter 18 (Offenses), Article II, Section 18-9 (prohibition of marihuana establishments) and reflected in the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 34) by the absence of any marihuana-establishment use district. Farmington Hills also prohibits medical marihuana provisioning centers under the same Section 18-9 framework. Residents must travel to opted-in municipalities (e.g., Hazel Park, Ferndale, Detroit) to purchase regulated cannabis at retail.
Cannabis dispensary zoning in Farmington Hills is governed by the City's Section 6 opt-out under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA), MCL 333.27956, which authorizes a municipality to 'completely prohibit or limit the number of marihuana establishments within its boundaries.' Farmington Hills exercised this authority and adopted a local ordinance prohibiting all categories of marihuana establishments — marihuana grower, marihuana safety compliance facility, marihuana processor, marihuana microbusiness, marihuana retailer, marihuana secure transporter, marihuana designated consumption establishment, and marihuana event organizer — under Chapter 18 (Offenses), Article II, Section 18-9 of the Farmington Hills Code. The Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 34) accordingly does not include any marihuana-establishment use district and does not list cannabis retail, cultivation, processing, or consumption among the permitted or special-land-use activities in any zoning district. Medical marihuana provisioning centers, growers, processors, and secure transporters licensed under the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA), MCL 333.27101 et seq., are similarly prohibited under the same Section 18-9 framework — Farmington Hills has not opted in under MCL 333.27205 for any medical marihuana facility category. The opt-out is consistent with the regional pattern in northwest Oakland County, where many suburbs (e.g., Bloomfield Hills, Beverly Hills, Northville, West Bloomfield, Birmingham) have also opted out of recreational sales, while opted-in communities like Hazel Park, Ferndale, Detroit, and Inkster host the licensed retailers serving the broader region. Hemp-derived products with less than 0.3% delta-9 THC (CBD oil, hemp seed, hemp flower) remain lawful under the federal 2018 Farm Bill (7 U.S.C. 1639o) and Michigan's Industrial Hemp Growers Act (MCL 333.27951 to 333.27955 — note separate hemp framework under PA 547 of 2018) and are sold openly in Farmington Hills under standard retail commercial zoning. Cannabis advocates can petition City Council under MRTMA's voter-initiative procedure (MCL 333.27956(1)) — a successful local ballot initiative could compel opt-in, but no such initiative has succeeded in Farmington Hills as of the City's most recent action.
Operating a marihuana establishment (recreational or medical) in Farmington Hills without state and local authorization is unlawful under both the Farmington Hills Code Section 18-9 and Michigan licensing statutes. State unlicensed sale or distribution is a felony under MCL 333.7401 (delivery/manufacture of marihuana) with penalties scaled by quantity — up to 4 years and $20,000 for under 5 kg, up to 7 years and $500,000 for 5 to 45 kg, and up to 15 years and $10 million for 45 kg or more. State and local civil enforcement can include cease-and-desist orders, civil fines, business license revocation, and forfeiture of equipment and product under MCL 333.7521 et seq. Local Section 18-9 violations are enforceable as municipal civil infractions under Chapter 1 § 1-15 with civil fines and injunctive relief in 47th District Court. Federal law (21 U.S.C. 841) classifies marihuana as Schedule I — large-scale cultivation or distribution exposes the operator to federal felony charges regardless of state law. Sales of hemp-derived products outside the federal 0.3% delta-9 THC threshold or outside the Michigan Industrial Hemp framework are also unlawful and subject to civil and criminal enforcement.
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