Cannabis Regulations in Lakewood, CO (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Lakewood, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Lakewood, Colorado caps retail marijuana store licenses to businesses that already held a Lakewood medical marijuana license as of April 1, 2020, under Municipal Code § 5.58.040(A); no new applicants can enter. A store relocating within the city under § 5.58.060(B) cannot land within 3,000 feet of another marijuana center or store, or within 1,000 feet of a school or its athletic facilities.
Lakewood, CO Retail Marijuana Location Rules
Significant RestrictionsLakewood Municipal Code § 5.58.060(B) (see also § 5.58.040(A), § 5.58.030(C))
5.58.040 - Eligibility for retail marijuana store license; location of retail marijuana stores. A. No Retail Marijuana Store shall be licensed or otherwise permitted in the city unless the applicant for a Retail Marijuana Store license was, as of April 1, 2020, operating in good standing a licensed Medical Marijuana Center in the city, and the applicant is, as of the time of application for a l...
Buffer Zones
Lakewood bars new medical and retail marijuana businesses from locating within 3,000 feet of each other and within 1,000 feet of any school or its athletic facilities.
Lakewood Marijuana Business Buffer Distances
Some RestrictionsLakewood Municipal Code § 5.51.040
It shall be unlawful to operate or to cause or permit the operation of a Medical Marijuana Business:1.In any location that does not comply with the Lakewood Zoning Ordinance, except that any business for which the City of Lakewood had issued a sales tax license for a Medical Marijuana Care-giver Facility prior to the effective date of this Ordinance 0-2010-1 for a location that is not in a zone...
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