Santa Fe, NM Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

1-1 for the applicable zoning district, and a vertically integrated establishment or an integrated microbusiness qualifies only if every licensed activity it runs is itself a permitted use in that district. 2(I)(5)(a): a proposed commercial cannabis retailer is not a permitted use if its main entrance would sit within 400 feet of the main entrance of an existing retailer, or if the closest point of its licensed premises would fall within 300 feet of a religious institution. That 400-foot, entrance-to-entrance test is separate from the 300-foot, property-line test the code uses for school buffers, and a retailer can fail one measurement while clearing the other.

Subsection (5)(b) carves out one exception: a cannabis retailer wholly owned by a tribe, as defined in Section 11-13A-2(D) NMSA 1978, is a permitted use within 400 feet of a competitor's entrance if the tribal retailer files its state license application first. and no later than midnight under Subsection (5)(c). Every cannabis establishment, retail or otherwise, must also get city approval of an odor-control plan using industry-standard filtration before it can obtain a building permit or certificate of compliance, per Subsection (6), and must meet state safety and security law under Subsection (7). 1-1 permitted-use table as any other commercial use.