Southfield, MI Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Southfield's zoning ordinance regulates adult-use marijuana establishments at Sec. 5.22-8, working alongside the licensing chapter at Sec. 7.3000 et seq. The city permits only five categories of establishment after site plan and special land use approval: growers, processors, retailers, safety compliance facilities and secure transporters (Sec. 5.22-8(3)(a)). Chapter 90 caps the actual number of licenses: a maximum of five adult-use retailer licenses and nine each for growers and processors, while microbusinesses, temporary marijuana events and designated consumption establishments are all set at zero, meaning none are authorized anywhere in the city (Sec.

7.3004). Mobile marijuana establishments and drive-through operations are prohibited outright (Sec. 7.3003(B)). On location, retailers may go only into the B-3 general business district as a special land use; growers, processors and transporters are confined to the I-L light industrial or I-1 industrial districts; and safety compliance facilities can locate by right in the OS, ERO, ERO-M or B-3 districts (Sec. 5.22-8(4)(b)). Every grower, processor and retailer must also clear a 500-foot setback from any residential district or use, drug-free school zone, adult regulated use, school, religious institution, childcare facility or park, plus 1,500 feet from pawn shops or alternative financial services businesses; retailers face an additional 500-foot buffer from any other retailer or medical marijuana provisioning center (Sec. 5.22-8(4)(a)). The parallel medical marijuana track under Sec. 5.22-7 runs on the same B-3/I-L/I-1 district pattern and the same 500-foot buffers.