Town/City Ordinances

Town/city zoning/ordinances

For Retail Licenses

The Maine Municipal Association is currently aware of 14 municipalities (out of 488) that have opted in to allow some or all of the four types of non-medical marijuana businesses authorized under state law (cultivation, manufacturing, retail, and testing). A list is provided below. Members are encouraged to notify MMA of additions to this list by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

3 - Auburn - Bangor - Bowdoinham - Brunswick - Etna (*retail not allowed) - Eustis - Farmington - Hallowell - Mercer (*only manufacturing allowed) - Paris - Poland - South Portland - Topsham (*retail not allowed) - Waterville

 

Here you may click on link to read ordinances for each town/city.....whether they have or have not opted in.....

Manchester, ME - Click here to read the ordinance for licenses for retail marijuana stores in the town of Manchester, ME

Brunswick, ME - Marijuana licensing ordinance for cultivation centers, extraction facilities, caregiver storefronts, and testing centers.

Sanford, ME - https://ecode360.com/32669267

Berwick, ME (In contents, see Medical Marijuana) - https://www.berwickmaine.org/document_center/Berwick_Land_Use_Ordinance_11.6.18_Update.pdf

Portland, ME - https://www.portlandmaine.gov/2383/Retail-Marijuana-Ordinance

South Portland, ME - https://www.southportland.org/departments/planning-and-development/marijuana-zoning/

Hartland, ME - https://www.townofhartlandme.com/vertical/sites/%7B0C057DEA-9D76-4727-8E58-1C20F9E80C3F%7D/uploads/Ordinance_Prohibiting_Retail_Marijuana_08202018.pdf