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Cannabis Regulations in Minnesota (2026)

52 rules on the books across Minnesota, 25 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Dispensary Zoning

Where cannabis businesses may locate, the zones that allow retail, the buffer distances from schools and parks, and the cities that ban commercial cannabis activity entirely.

Minnesota: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Minnesota Statutes section 342.13 limits how cities and counties may regulate cannabis businesses. Local governments…

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Apple Valley

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, cannabis retail stores are confined to commercial, industrial and agricultural…

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Blaine

Significant Restrictions

Blaine cannot ban cannabis businesses outright because M.S.A. § 342.13(c), adopted into Blaine City Code § 22-495, lets…

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Blue Earth County

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 24-341 confines cannabis retail to the General Business and Highway Business districts of unincorporated Blue…

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Brooklyn Park

Significant Restrictions

Brooklyn Park has not opted out of cannabis retail; it caps registrations at one retailer per 12,500 residents and…

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Coon Rapids

Significant Restrictions

The City of Coon Rapids registers rather than opts out of cannabis retail: every state-licensed cannabis or hemp…

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Eagan

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Eagan, a cannabis business may only operate on land zoned commercial/retail or industrial under City…

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Eden Prairie

Significant Restrictions

City Code Section 5.81 requires every cannabis retail business to register with Eden Prairie and pass zoning…

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Hennepin County

Significant Restrictions

Hennepin County stops issuing new cannabis retailer registrations in a city once that city reaches one retailer per…

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Minnetonka

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, cannabis retail businesses are regulated by registration, not banned: Minnetonka…

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Olmsted County

Significant Restrictions

Olmsted County has not opted out of cannabis businesses, but Section 10.54 confines them to specific zoning districts…

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Rochester

Significant Restrictions

Rochester does not zone cannabis retailers by district; instead, City Code Sec. 5-23-4 caps the number of licensed…

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St Louis County

Significant Restrictions

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68 confines retail cannabis and hemp businesses to commercial (COM) zoning…

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Stearns County

Significant Restrictions

Stearns County zones cannabis retail, delivery, testing, transport and wholesale businesses into the Commercial…

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Anoka County

Some Restrictions

Anoka County's Cannabis Business Ordinance covers the unincorporated county, Linwood Township, and any other city or…

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Carver County

Some Restrictions

Carver County does not zone cannabis retailers into specific districts; instead, Code of Ordinances § 114.30 caps the…

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Dakota County

Some Restrictions

Dakota County only issues cannabis retail registrations in a city or township that has passed a resolution consenting…

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Duluth

Some Restrictions

The City of Duluth has not opted out of cannabis retail. Every OCM-licensed cannabis retail business must instead…

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Lakeville

Some Restrictions

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, cannabis retail and other licensed cannabis businesses are confined to the O-P…

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Maple Grove

Some Restrictions

Maple Grove requires cannabis retailers to sit 1,000 feet from schools and 500 feet from day cares, parks, and athletic…

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Minneapolis

Some Restrictions

Minneapolis restricts cannabis dispensaries to a contiguous three-acre commercial or industrial area, at least 300 feet…

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Plymouth

Some Restrictions

The City of Plymouth allows cannabis retailers as a permitted use, not a conditional use, in its C-2 Neighborhood…

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Saint Paul

Some Restrictions

Beyond its school buffer, Saint Paul's cannabis retail zoning rule requires a conditional use permit for new retail…

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Scott County

Some Restrictions

Cannabis retailers are legal and licensed by Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management. Scott County and its cities may…

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Woodbury

Some Restrictions

Woodbury bars cannabis and hemp businesses from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, 500 feet of a residential…

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Wright County

Some Restrictions

Cannabis retailers are legal and licensed by Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management. Wright County and its cities…

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Buffer Zones

Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.

Apple Valley

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a cannabis business cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, within…

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Blaine

Significant Restrictions

Blaine City Code § 22-548 bars a cannabis business from operating within set distances of sensitive uses: 1,000 feet of…

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Blue Earth County

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 24-341(b) bars a cannabis business from operating within 1,000 feet of a school and within 500 feet of a licensed…

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Brooklyn Park

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis oriented businesses in Brooklyn Park must stay 300 feet from any school, daycare serving minors, or park…

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Coon Rapids

Significant Restrictions

City Code § 5-3112(1) bars any cannabis business from operating within 1,000 feet of a school and within 500 feet of a…

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Eden Prairie

Significant Restrictions

City Code Section 5.81, Subdivision 5.A keeps cannabis retailers at least 1,000 feet from any school and at least 200…

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Hennepin County

Significant Restrictions

Hennepin County denies cannabis retailer registrations within 350 feet of a school, day care, residential treatment…

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Minnetonka

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), City Code § 650.20 bars any cannabis retail business within…

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Stearns County

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis businesses in Stearns County must sit at least 1,000 feet from a school and 500 feet from a day care…

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Woodbury

Significant Restrictions

Woodbury bars a cannabis business from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, 500 feet of a residential treatment…

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Anoka County

Some Restrictions

Anoka County's Cannabis Business Ordinance keeps retail cannabis stores away from places where children gather. A…

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Dakota County

Some Restrictions

Absent a local siting ordinance, Dakota County Ordinance No. 133 bars registering a cannabis retail business within…

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Eagan

Some Restrictions

In the City of Eagan, a cannabis business cannot open within 350 feet of another lawful cannabis business, measured…

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Lakeville

Some Restrictions

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, a cannabis retail business, other than a lower-potency hemp business, may not…

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Maple Grove

Some Restrictions

Maple Grove, Minnesota keeps cannabis retail businesses 1,000 feet from public and private schools and 500 feet from…

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Minneapolis

Some Restrictions

Minneapolis requires cannabis dispensaries to sit at least 300 feet from any K-12 school and inside a contiguous…

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Olmsted County

Some Restrictions

No cannabis business, including cultivation, may operate within 1,000 feet of a school, college or university, or…

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Plymouth

Some Restrictions

In the City of Plymouth, no cannabis retailer, microbusiness, or mezzobusiness with a retail endorsement may operate…

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Saint Paul

Some Restrictions

Saint Paul keeps licensed cannabis retailers three hundred feet from every primary and secondary school. Sec. 65.511(b)…

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St Louis County

Some Restrictions

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68 keeps any licensed cannabis business at least 1,000 feet from a school and…

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