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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
Alamosa County only allows medical marijuana grows. A Special Use Permit is required for all medical marijuana facilities.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
A Special Use Permit is required for all medical marijuana facilities.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
- Patients with qualifying debilitating medical conditions can receive a registry identification card for legal access to medical marijuana. Cards are available to Colorado residents and valid only in Colorado.
- Read more on the Department of Public Health & Environment website.
- Colorado HB-1220 which limits caregivers to twelve plants went into effect on January 1, 2018.
- A grow over twelve plants is subject to Alamosa County's medical marijuana regulations.
- Patients with qualifying debilitating medical conditions can receive a registry identification card for legal access to medical marijuana. Cards are available to Colorado residents and valid only in Colorado.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
People over the age of 21 may grow six plants, three mature and three immature for personal use. No more than twenty-four (24) plants are allowed per residence without a Special Use Permit. If you cultivate more than 12 plants but less than 24, you must provide the Land Use office with a copy of your patient or primary caregiver registration on an annual basis. Under no circumstance may any plants or their products be sold.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
Yes, but only plants allowed for personal use and they must be in an enclosed, locked space that is not public or open. You cannot sell marijuana you grow yourself under any circumstances.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
On any zoned parcel of Alamosa County that is either Rural, Industrial, or Commercial and that is 1,000' from our protected purposes.
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Land Use & Building - Marijuana
The State requires that no MMCs, MMIPMs, or OPCOs may be closer than 1,000 feet of any an alcohol or drug treatment facility, the principal campus of a college, university, or seminary, or a residential child care facility. Alamosa County has further standards they may not be within 1,000 feet of a church, dormitory, health services center or hospital, other licensed medical marijuana facility, detention facility, government building, public park, or residential zoned property.
- Learn more about Alamosa County Marijuana Regulations (PDF). Learn about the State's water regulations for marijuana (PDF).
- Alamosa County marijuana regulations are established by ordinance:
- Ordinance Number 16 (PDF): Regarding Medical Marijuana
- Ordinance Number 17 (PDF): Prohibition of Retail Marijuana