Revere, MA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

c. c. 94G, Section 1, including marijuana cultivators, independent testing laboratories, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana retailers or any other types of licensed marijuana-related businesses, are prohibited within the city of Revere. O. 17-364 on December 11, 2017, shortly after Massachusetts voters approved adult-use legalization, using the local opt-out mechanism the state law provides under Section 3(a)(2) rather than relying on the city's zoning power alone. Because the prohibition runs against the category of licensed non-medical marijuana establishment defined by the state statute, there is no local zoning district, permit path or site plan process for a recreational cannabis retailer, cultivator, manufacturer or testing lab anywhere in Revere; the ordinance bars the use citywide rather than confining it to certain districts.

The section is narrow on its face: it names non-medical marijuana establishments specifically and does not purport to reach medical marijuana treatment centers, which are licensed and regulated under a separate part of Massachusetts law. The chapter carries no locally printed penalty clause of its own; the prohibition operates through the city's authority to deny local approvals and host community agreements a marijuana establishment would otherwise need from the state Cannabis Control Commission to operate, since a establishment cannot obtain a state license in a municipality that has opted out under Section 3(a)(2).