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Rockville adopts zoning change to allow retail cannabis sales, including drive‑thru option
Summary
The Rockville Mayor and Council on June 9 adopted a zoning text amendment (TXT 2025‑270) to permit retail cannabis sales, including dispensaries with drive‑through service, codifying state separation distances and leaving licensing and on‑site‑consumption enforcement to state authorities.
The Rockville Mayor and Council on June 9 adopted a zoning text amendment (TXT 2025‑270) to permit establishments that include retail sale of cannabis for personal use as a conditional use in areas where retail is allowed, and to allow cannabis dispensaries with drive‑through service under specified conditions.
The change, introduced by Council Member Larry and adopted after a public hearing and a waived layover period, codifies separation distances in line with state law and makes both standard dispensaries and dispensaries with drive‑through service conditional uses in the city code.
The amendment was explained at length by Jim Wasilek of the city planning staff, who told the council the zoning text amendment would “add cannabis dispensaries as a conditional use in areas where retail use is permitted in the city.” Wasilek said the draft codifies the separation requirements in state law — 500 feet from designated sensitive uses such as parks, schools and places of worship, and 1,000 feet between dispensaries — and noted that Montgomery County is…
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