Glen Cove, NY Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Chapter 114, Cannabis, Article I, was adopted by the City Council on December 15, 2021 by Local Law No. 1-2021, specifically to opt the City out of the retail licensing scheme New York created under the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act. Section 114-1 states the legislative intent to opt out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption sites that would otherwise be permitted under Cannabis Law Article 4. Section 114-2 grounds the local law in Cannabis Law section 131, which authorizes a city council to adopt a local law requesting the Cannabis Control Board prohibit dispensaries or on-site consumption licenses within its jurisdiction, and notes the opt-out is subject to a permissive referendum under Municipal Home Rule Law section 24; the code's editor's note confirms no referendum petition was ever filed, so the opt-out took effect as adopted.

Section 114-3 is the operative opt-out: the City Council opts out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption sites from being established and operated within the City's jurisdiction. Because this is a zoning-adjacent prohibition rather than a permit standard, there is no dispensary application process, buffer distance or district overlay to describe for Glen Cove; the local law forecloses the use outright rather than regulating where it could go.