Loveland, CO Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- B (Business) and I (Industrial) zones only
- Frontage requirement
- Arterial or collector street, or existing commercial use
- Operating hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily
- Spacing from other dispensaries
- One mile minimum, § 18.02.04.06.D.2
- Violation classification
- Deemed a nuisance under Title 16
Summary
Loveland permits marijuana businesses only in its B (business) and I (industrial) zoning districts, and only on a site already carrying a General Commercial use or fronting an arterial or collector street. The Unified Development Code layers strict hours, odor, lighting, screening and storage standards on top of that zoning limit.
1. B and I Zones. The use is permitted only in the B and I Zones. The use shall be on a subject property: a. Developed with a use that is listed under the heading "General Commercial" in Table 18.02.03.05, Commercial Land Use by Zone; or b. Located along an arterial or a collector street, unless approved as a conditional use (see Section 18.14.03.01, Process Overview, subsection B.4.). ... 3. Hours of Operation. The use shall only operate between the hours of 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, Monday through Sunday.
Full Breakdown
J and every other applicable UDC standard. 01 available if neither condition is met. , seven days a week; primary entrances, parking lots, and walkways must carry downward-facing security lighting; an air filtration and ventilation system must confine marijuana odor to the premises; doorways and windows must be screened to block a view into the interior, and all business activity must occur indoors; storage must be in an immobile, permanent, secure structure, never a trailer, tent, or vehicle; and the operator must follow the Colorado Marijuana Rules for security and waste disposal.
10 makes operating in violation of the UDC, the Colorado Marijuana Code, or the Colorado Marijuana Rules a nuisance under Title 16 of the Loveland Municipal Code. Loveland has not opted out of licensing marijuana businesses: Title 8 of the general code, the Local Licensing Code, separately governs the license itself, including a citywide one-mile spacing rule between marijuana businesses and a buffer from schools and other youth-populated areas.
Violations & Fines
Operating a marijuana business outside the B or I zone, or without meeting the frontage, hours, odor, lighting, screening, or storage standards, is deemed a nuisance under Title 16 of the Loveland Municipal Code by Section 18.02.04.06.D.10, and is separately enforceable as a UDC violation under Division 18.18.02, with penalties under Section 18.18.03.02 of a fine up to the Municipal Code's maximum, up to one year in jail, or both.
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