Puyallup, WA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Zoning status
- Prohibited in all zoning districts
- Business license
- City will not issue one
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 3080, 2014
- Covered uses
- Producer, processor, retailer
- Tribal land
- Outside city zoning jurisdiction
Summary
Puyallup prohibits marijuana producers, processors, and retailers in every zoning district in the city under PMC § 20.05.060. The city backs the zoning ban with a business-license refusal in § 5.04.071, closing off both land-use and licensing paths.
Marijuana processors, marijuana producers, and marijuana retailers are prohibited in all zoning districts within the city of Puyallup.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4985225; v6 updated 2026-07-21; through 07-21-2026).
Full Breakdown
060, adopted by Ordinance 3080 in 2014, states flatly that marijuana processors, marijuana producers, and marijuana retailers are prohibited in all zoning districts within the city of Puyallup. There is no district, overlay or conditional-use path around it: the ban applies citywide rather than steering these uses into an industrial or commercial zone the way some Washington cities do. 15 PMC. Together the two sections mean a marijuana business cannot get either the land-use approval or the operating license it would need to open in Puyallup, making this a true local opt-out rather than a licensing gap.
This sits entirely within the city's own zoning and business-licensing authority; it does not reach the Puyallup Tribe of Indians' reservation or trust lands, which are outside city zoning and business-license jurisdiction altogether and are governed by tribal and federal law instead. 060.
Violations & Fines
Because § 20.05.060 is a use prohibition rather than a permit standard, no marijuana producer, processor or retailer use is a permitted, conditional or accessory use in any Puyallup zoning district, so operating one is a zoning code violation subject to the city's general zoning enforcement and civil infraction remedies. Separately, § 5.04.071 means the city will not issue the business license such an operation would need to lawfully open at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does Puyallup's marijuana ban apply on the Puyallup Tribe's reservation?
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Sources & Official References
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