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Cannabis Regulations in Commerce City, CO (2026)

2 verified cannabis regulations for Commerce City, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Dispensary Zoning

Commerce City permits retail and medical marijuana stores but confines them with a 2,000-foot buffer from residential, mixed-use-residential, and agricultural zoning, a 2,000-foot buffer from any other marijuana store, and a hard citywide cap of four store licenses in each of two designated geographic areas under municipal code section 8-2215.

Where Cannabis Shops May Locate

Significant Restrictions

Commerce City Land Development Code § 21-5249(1)(b)-(c)

(b)Restriction Related to Residential Uses.(i)Marijuana stores shall not be located within 2000 feet of any property in the city that is zoned: mixed-use and has a residential entitlement, residential, or agricultural.(ii)All other marijuana businesses and primary caregivers shall not be located within 1,000 feet of any property in the city that is zoned: mixed-use and has a residential entitle...

Buffer Zones

Commerce City bars every marijuana business from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, licensed child-care facility, drug or alcohol rehab center, group home, halfway house, correctional facility, city-owned park or recreation center, or any other marijuana business, under Land Development Code section 21-5249(1)(a).

Cannabis Buffer Zones in Commerce City

Significant Restrictions

Commerce City Land Development Code § 21-5249(1)(a)

(1)Location Restrictions.(a)General Restrictions. No marijuana business shall be located within:(i)1,000 feet of any educational institution or school, either public or private; excluding institutions of post-secondary education;(ii)1,000 feet of any state licensed child care facility;(iii)1,000 feet of any alcohol or drug rehabilitation facility;(iv)1,000 feet of any group home;(v)1,000 feet o...

Looking for Adams County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Commerce City city rules.

Cannabis Regulations in Adams County