Confirm zoning for your location

• Identify a location for your business.
• Check with City staff to confirm zoning and find out if use standards apply.
  Contact 311 to confirm zoning
• Check with our zoning staff before you sign a lease.

Learn about zoning regulations for cannabis businesses

Use map to search for eligible locations

You can get a Zoning and Floodplain letter to prove that your business address follows the zoning rules.

Request a Zoning and Floodplain letter

You must apply for a building permit to make sure you have met building and fire code. You must do this even if you do not plan to do any construction. 

Learn more about construction permits

You must get a SAC determination letter as part of your access to the regional sewer system.

• Apply for a SAC determination letter
• Get general information about SAC
• Find out if you qualify for the City's SAC deferral program for small businesses

These types of cannabis businesses must submit an Odor Control and Air Filtration Plan:

• Retail
• Cultivation
• Manufacturers
• Wholesalers

Read the City's odor mitigation policy for cannabis businesses

Contact a city planner to see what standards may apply for your business

Submit final application documents and site selection with OCM.

Once you have completed these steps, you are now ready to request local approval.

This process may take up to 30 days.

Businesses must take care of their own solid waste disposal. Identify the type of waste your business produces and hire a waste hauler to remove it.

Check the rules from the OCM to make sure you are correctly handling waste

Understand the requirements for waste collection for businesses

Related links

• Solid waste haulers
• Business recycling
• Hazardous waste generator determination and licensing

Growing and manufacturing cannabis can use a lot of energy. Some buildings may need upgrades to handle the extra energy demand. 

• Xcel Energy business customers
• Schedule an energy consultation

Your business might qualify for funding to improve energy efficiency through the Green Cost Share program.

• Learn More About the Green Cost Share Program

Businesses selling cannabis with a state license must also register with the City. 

Download the cannabis retail registration form

Contact Business Licensing for questions on local registration