Cannabis Regulations in Skagit County, WA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Skagit County, Washington.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Skagit County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Dispensary Zoning

In unincorporated Skagit County, marijuana production, processing and retail facilities may locate only where the zoning code explicitly names them as an allowed use. The Ag-NRL farm zone limits the use to buildings standing before January 1, 2014, and solvent-based processing is confined to the BR-HI heavy-industrial zone under SCC 14.18.262.

Marijuana Facility Zoning in Skagit County

Significant Restrictions

Skagit County Code § 14.18.262(4)(a), (5)(a)-(b)

(4) Limitations in the Ag-NRL Zone. (a) The use may only be allowed in a structure existing as of January 1, 2014. ... (5) When Allowed. (a) Marijuana facilities are allowed only where explicitly identified in this Title; except that in municipal UGAs where a municipality’s development regulations apply, a marijuana facility must comply with the municipality’s development regulati...

Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Buffer Zones

Unincorporated Skagit County sets no fixed buffer distance for marijuana facilities. SCC 14.18.262(8)(b) instead requires every special use permit for a production, processing, or retail facility to address the appropriate distance from residences, schools, daycare facilities, and parks case by case, and the county mails hearing notices to owners within 1,000 feet, the widest notice radius the code uses for any land use.

Marijuana Facility Buffers in Unincorporated Skagit County

Significant Restrictions

Skagit County Code §§ 14.06.320, 14.18.262

(e) For a notice of application or a notice of public hearing, via first-class mail in full or as a postcard summary with a web link to the full notice, to owners of property and residents of parcels within the following distances from the exterior boundaries of the subject property and other adjoining property under substantially similar ownership: (i) For marijuana facilities, within 1,...

Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

All Skagit County ordinances

See every category we cover for Skagit County: parking, noise, fences, fires, animals, pools, and more.

Skagit County Ordinance Hub →