Greeley, CO Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Retail marijuana stores
- Prohibited citywide
- Cultivation/manufacturing/testing facilities
- Prohibited citywide
- Medical dispensaries
- Prohibited citywide
- License applications
- Deemed denied on filing
- Legal basis
- Colo. Const. art. XVIII, §§14 & 16 opt-out
Summary
Greeley opted out of commercial marijuana entirely: cultivation, manufacturing, testing and retail marijuana stores, plus medical dispensaries, are prohibited everywhere in the city and license applications are automatically denied.
The following activities are prohibited in the city, and not permitted as a primary land use, incidental activity or accessory use to another lawful land use, or as a home occupation:1.Medical marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana centers, medical marijuana-infused products manufacturers and optional premises cultivation operations.2.Commercial marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities and retail marijuana stores.3.Any private marijuana club. The city designates the department of finance as the entity responsible for processing applications for licenses to operate a marijuana establishment. Pursuant to the prohibitions set forth above, any application for a license to operate a marijuana establishment shall be deemed denied upon the date of submission.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code § 24-1104(d) prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana centers, medical marijuana-infused products manufacturers, optional premises cultivation operations, commercial marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, retail marijuana stores and private marijuana clubs as a primary, incidental, accessory or home-occupation use anywhere in the city. The finance department is designated to process license applications, but § 24-1104 deems any such application denied on the date it is submitted. The only marijuana activity Greeley allows is limited personal caregiver/patient cultivation under state constitutional limits, confined to an enclosed, locked space inside a detached single-family residence.
Violations & Fines
Operating a prohibited marijuana establishment is a Code infraction under Title 1, Chapter 10, and is separately declared a public nuisance that the city can abate or enjoin in court under § 24-1104(g).
Frequently Asked Questions
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