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Marijuana Business Zoning Categories

At a glance

  • What: a zoning text amendment on marijuana business categories.
  • Where it stands: The Planning Commission recommended the amendment 4-0 on 2026-10-22.
  • Next: City Council consideration; no date in the records read.

Details

  • Text of the amendment was not read.

Sources

Log

2026-10-08 - Planning Commission

  • Staff walked through the roughly 50-page red-line: dispensing, testing, retail, cultivation, processing, manufacturing, microbusinesses and transporters, all by conditional use permit with indoor-operation and security requirements and 1,000-foot buffers for dispensing. No vote.

2026-10-22 - Planning Commission Public Hearing

  • Text amendments recommended 4-0: faith-based and nonprofit housing (Faith-Based and Nonprofit Housing Zoning), data center definition and standards (Data Center Zoning Standards) and marijuana business categories (Marijuana Business Zoning Categories).

2026-10-27 - City Council Work Session

  • Previewed as an upcoming text amendment aligning with state code ahead of the cannabis marketplace opening.

2026-10-22 - Planning Commission Public Hearing

  • New use categories all initially by conditional use permit with hours, 1,000-foot buffers and indoor operation. No testimony.

2026-10-22 - Planning Commission

  • Preview: processing, manufacturing and cultivation must be indoors.