Troy, MI Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Recreational marihuana businesses
- Completely prohibited citywide
- Medical marihuana facilities (MMFLA)
- Not permitted anywhere in Troy
- Legal basis
- MCL 333.27956(1) local opt-out authority
- Effective date
- October 31, 2019
- Maximum penalty
- $500 fine and/or 90 days jail
Summary
Troy has opted out entirely: Chapter 105 completely prohibits every recreational or adult-use marihuana establishment within city boundaries, using the local-control option in the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act. There is no zoning district anywhere in Troy where a recreational dispensary, grower, processor, or microbusiness may operate.
105.3 Prohibition- As allowed under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, Initiated Law 1 of 2018, MCL 333.27951 et. seq., all recreational or adult use marihuana establishments are completely prohibited within the boundaries of the City of Troy.
105.4 Penalty- A person who violates this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 and/or up to 90 days in jail.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 105, adopted October 21, 2019 and effective October 31, 2019, is titled the Complete Prohibition of Recreational and Adult Use Marihuana Establishments Ordinance. 27956(1), which lets a municipality completely bar recreational establishments even though the state law otherwise permits them. 3 exercises that authority directly: every recreational or adult-use marihuana establishment is prohibited citywide, with no carve-out for any zoning district. This sits alongside Chapter 104's caregiver grow-license ordinance, whose stated purpose recites that the ordinance 'does not permit or allow licensed Medical Marihuana Facilities, as defined by the MMFLA, in the City' either.
Combined, the two chapters mean Troy allows no commercial cannabis retail, processing, or dispensing of any kind, medical or recreational; the only lawful cultivation is a registered caregiver's personal grow, licensed under Chapter 104 and confined to the IB district. A resident or business cannot obtain a state recreational retailer, grower, processor, secure transporter, safety compliance facility, or microbusiness license for any Troy address, because the City has affirmatively closed that door under its Section 6(1) opt-out.
Violations & Fines
Section 105.4 makes violation of the prohibition a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 and/or up to 90 days in jail. Because the ordinance bars the establishments outright rather than licensing them, enforcement runs through misdemeanor prosecution rather than a permit-revocation process; each day an unlawful establishment operates can be charged as a continuing violation.
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