Cannabis Regulations in Utah (2026)
16 rules on the books across Utah, 10 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.
Layton
Significant RestrictionsLayton has no zoned retail cannabis pharmacy use; Utah licenses those at the state level. The city's only cannabis…
Read full rule →Orem
Significant RestrictionsOrem confines cannabis production establishments to the M2 manufacturing zone and allows medical cannabis pharmacies in…
Read full rule →Provo
Significant RestrictionsProvo zoning does not allow cannabis retail at all; it only permits cannabis production establishments (cultivation…
Read full rule →Weber County
Significant RestrictionsWeber County allows a cannabis production establishment only in the M-1, M-2, A-2, and A-3 zones, per Land Use Code…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Significant RestrictionsWest Jordan's zoning code addresses only cannabis production establishments, not retail dispensaries, and confines them…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Significant RestrictionsWest Valley City confines Cannabis Production Establishments to a conditional use in the A-1 Agricultural zone under…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain confines cannabis cultivation to its Warehouse Farming Overlay Zone under EMMC Chapter 17.51, which the…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake City permits medicinal cannabis pharmacies by right in every zoning district except those that are primarily…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George allows state-licensed medical cannabis pharmacies and production facilities only in its manufacturing zones…
Read full rule →Buffer Zones
Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.
Lehi
Significant RestrictionsLehi keeps cannabis cultivation, production and medical pharmacy businesses well away from where people gather…
Read full rule →Orem
Significant RestrictionsCannabis production establishments and medical cannabis pharmacies in Orem must stay at least 600 feet from any…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake City bans medicinal cannabis pharmacies from every residential zone and requires state-set spacing from…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Significant RestrictionsWest Jordan keeps cannabis production establishments away from sensitive uses through fixed buffer distances in section…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsA cannabis production establishment in Eagle Mountain must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, religious buildings…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George requires a Utah-licensed medical cannabis pharmacy to sit at least 600 feet from any primarily residential…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsWhen a residential use sits within 500 feet of a cannabis production establishment, whether it existed first or moves…
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