Cannabis Regulations in St. Louis County, MN (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Verified from official government sources

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

Dispensary Zoning

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68 confines retail cannabis and hemp businesses to commercial (COM) zoning districts with a land-use permit, and restricts cultivation, manufacturing, wholesale, and transport operations to limited-industrial (LI) districts with a performance-standard permit; every other district is off-limits, and home-based cannabis businesses are barred outright.

Cannabis Business Zoning in St. Louis County

Significant Restrictions

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68, Section 7(A), (C)

A. The following cannabis businesses and hemp businesses shall be allowed uses with land-use permits issued by the St. Louis County Department of Planning and Zoning in commercial (COM) districts established by St. Louis County's Zoning Ordinance, also known as Ordinance Number 62, and not allowed in all other districts established by St. Louis County's Zoning Ordinance... C. No cannabis busine...

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Buffer Zones

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68 keeps any licensed cannabis business at least 1,000 feet from a school and at least 500 feet from a licensed day care, a residential treatment facility, or a public-park attraction regularly used by minors, such as a playground or athletic field, mirroring the buffer set in Minn. Stat. § 342.13(c).

Cannabis Business Buffer Zones, St. Louis County

Some Restrictions

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68, Section 5

Section 5. Prohibition of cannabis businesses within certain distances of schools, day cares, residential treatment facilities, and attractions within public parks. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 342.13(c) (2024), as amended or recodified from time to time, the operation of a cannabis business is prohibited within 1,000 feet of a school, or 500 feet of a licensed day care, residential treatment faci...

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