West Jordan, UT Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Where permitted
- A-20 Agricultural Zone only
- A-1 / A-5 zones
- Not a listed use, so prohibited
- Use classification
- Permitted (P) by right in A-20
- Retail dispensaries
- Not addressed in West Jordan's code
- Enforcement
- Development services department, § 13-4-1
Summary
West Jordan's zoning code addresses only cannabis production establishments, not retail dispensaries, and confines them to the A-20 Agricultural Zone. Section 13-5A-2 lists cannabis production establishments as a permitted use only in A-20, the city's twenty-acre agricultural district; the A-1 and A-5 agricultural zones and every residential, commercial and industrial zone leave the use off the table entirely.
Uses allowed in Agricultural Zones are listed in the table below. Those uses identified as "permitted" (P) are allowed by right; provided, that they comply with all other requirements of this article and all other applicable requirements of this title. Uses not specifically listed in this section shall not be allowed in Agricultural Zones. PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES IN AGRICULTURAL ZONES Legend: P = Permitted use C = Conditional use AC = Administrative conditional use Use A-1 A-5 A-20 ... Cannabis production establishments P2
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-38: Code current through: Ord. 26-33, passed 6-23-2026).
Full Breakdown
" Cannabis production establishments appear in that table with a "P" designation, meaning allowed by right, but only in the A-20 column; the A-1 and A-5 columns are left blank, so the use is not permitted, conditional, or otherwise authorized there. The "P" carries footnote 2, which layers on separate buffer distance requirements covered under West Jordan's cannabis buffer rules (distance from schools, churches, parks and residential districts). Because the code defines a cannabis production establishment as an agricultural land use rather than a retail operation, West Jordan's title 13 does not separately address medical cannabis pharmacies or dispensaries; the zoning and business license titles contain no "cannabis pharmacy" or "dispensary" use category, and no city-level opt-out declaration under the state's Medical Cannabis Act appears in the code.
Any retail cannabis pharmacy proposing to open in West Jordan would work through the Utah Department of Health and Human Services' state licensing process, since the city's own code speaks only to production, not sales. A cannabis production establishment must otherwise comply with the A-20 zone's twenty-acre minimum lot size and standard agricultural dimensional standards set out in section 13-5A-3.
Violations & Fines
Operating a cannabis production establishment outside the A-20 zone, or without meeting the buffer standards in section 13-5A-2, is a zoning violation enforced by the development services department under section 13-4-1. Under section 13-4-11 a zoning violation is a Class C misdemeanor, with each day of continued noncompliance treated as a separate offense, on top of any administrative enforcement, injunction or permit revocation available under title 16.
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Sources & Official References
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