Grand Rapids, MI Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Small IT accessory use
- Director Review, under 5,000 sq. ft.
- Large IT accessory use
- Special Land Use, 5,000+ sq. ft.
- Other commercial districts
- TCC, TBA, TOD, C, NOS, PRD
- Good Neighbor Plan
- Required outside small IT use
Summary
A Grand Rapids marijuana provisioning center or retailer gets simple Director Review only as a small accessory use in the IT district; everywhere else it's authorized, the TCC, TBA, TOD, C, NOS, and PRD districts, it needs Special Land Use approval.
Provisioning Center (Medical) or Retailer (Recreational) — New or expansion: IT (co-located accessory use only, under 5,000 sq. ft.) — DR — No. IT (co-located accessory use only, 5,000 sq. ft. or more) — SLU — No. TCC, TBA, TOD, C, NOS, PRD — SLU — Yes. (SLU = Special Land Uses; DR = Director Review; GNP = Good Neighbor Plan)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 70).
Full Breakdown
Under Table 5.9.19.D, a marihuana provisioning center (medical) or retailer (recreational) gets the lightest review, Director Review, no Good Neighbor Plan, only when co-located as an accessory use under 5,000 square feet in the IT Industrial-Transportation District. A larger IT co-located operation, 5,000 square feet or more, still needs Special Land Use approval. In every other zone where the use is allowed, the TCC, TBA, TOD, C, NOS, and PRD mixed-use commercial districts, a provisioning center or retailer requires Special Land Use approval and a Good Neighbor Plan under Sec. 5.12.06.D.
Violations & Fines
Opening or expanding a provisioning center or retailer without the matching Director Review or Special Land Use approval is a municipal civil infraction under Sec. 5.9.19.J, with each day of operation counted as a separate offense.
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