Pueblo, CO Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- School buffer
- 1,000 feet
- Hospital/treatment-center buffer
- 500 feet
- Residential-zone buffer
- 300 feet
- Allowed districts
- B-3, B-4, B-P, I-2/I-3
Summary
A Pueblo retail marijuana store must sit at least 1,000 feet from an operating school, 500 feet from a hospital or substance-abuse treatment center, and 300 feet from any residential zone district.
The facility shall be located beyond the required separation distances... 1)One thousand (1,000) feet of a legally operational school, which holds classes... 2)Five hundred (500) feet of a hospital or substance abuse treatment center.3)Three hundred (300) feet of a residential zone district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 109).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 17-4-51(e)(42.5) sets the location standards for a retail marijuana store facility, measured from property line to property line: 1,000 feet from a legally operating school that holds classes, 500 feet from a hospital or substance abuse treatment center, and 300 feet from a residential zone district. The Table of Uses further limits retail marijuana sales to a conditional use in the B-3, B-4, B-P business districts and the I-2/I-3 industrial districts, the use isn't listed at all in residential or agricultural zones. The Zoning Board of Appeals can vary the separation distances by no more than 10%, with narrower relief for the school buffer.
Violations & Fines
Locating a store within the school, hospital, or residential buffer, or outside the B-3/B-4/B-P/I-2/I-3 districts, blocks the Conditional Use Permit the Table of Uses requires for this use.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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