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Municipal Zoning Tracker

Welcome to the Cannabis Control Commission’s (Commission) municipal bylaws and ordinances tracking page. This information was collected over several months through a voluntary survey sent to all 351 municipalities across the Commonwealth.

Please note that the information reflected below regarding adult-use delivery only identifies whether it is allowed by local bylaws or ordinances. Delivery of adult-use marijuana or marijuana products by a delivery-only licensee or a Marijuana Establishment with a delivery endorsement is geographically limited to the municipality identified as the Marijuana Establishment licensee’s place of business; any municipality which allows for retail sales within its borders whether or not a retailer is operational; or any municipality which, after receiving notice from the Commission, has notified the Commission that delivery may operate within its borders. Only entities that have completed the specific application process and secured a delivery license from the Commission will be permitted to deliver.

While the Commission will continue to update this page, we encourage applicants to consult with local officials in the municipality in which they plan to operate for the most up-to-date information.

If you are a municipality that wishes to update the information listed below, please contact the Commission’s Director of Government Affairs, David Lakeman, at David.Lakeman@CCCMass.com

Last updated on May 28, 2020.

Status of Municipal Zoning and By-Laws

City/Town	Adult-Use Status	Delivery Allowed	Social Consumption Pilot Municipality
Abington	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Acton	Ban in place	No	No
Acushnet	Ban in place	No	No
Adams	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Agawam	Ban in place	No	No
Alford	No response	No response	No
Amesbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Amherst	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Andover	Ban in place	No	No
Aquinnah	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Arlington	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Ashburnham	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Ashby	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Ashfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Ashland	Ban in place	No	No
Athol	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Attleboro	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Auburn	Ban in place	No	No
Avon	Ban in place	No	No
Ayer	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Barnstable	Zoning in place	No	No
Barre	Retail ban	No	No
Becket	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Bedford	Ban in place	No	No
Belchertown	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Bellingham	Ban in place	No	No
Belmont	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Berkley	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Berlin	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Bernardston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Beverly	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Billerica	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Blackstone	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Blandford	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Bolton	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Boston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Bourne	Ban in place	No	No
Boxborough	Ban in place	No	No
Boxford	Ban in place	No	No
Boylston	Ban in place	No	No
Braintree	Ban in place	No	No
Brewster	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Brimfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Bridgewater	Ban in place	No	No
Brockton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Brookfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Brookline	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Buckland	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Burlington	Ban in place	Ban in place	No
Cambridge	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Canton	Ban in place	No	No
Carlisle	Ban in place	No	No
Carver	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Charlemont	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Charlton	Zoning in place (litigation pending)	Litigation pending	No
Chatham	Ban in place	No	No
Chelmsford	Ban in place	No	No
Chelsea	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Cheshire	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Chester	No response	No response	No
Chesterfield	No response	No response	No
Chicopee	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Chilmark	No zoning in place	No response	No
Clarksburg	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Clinton	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Cohasset	Ban in place	No	No
Colrain	Planning	No	No
Concord	Ban in place	No	No
Conway	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Cummington	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Dalton	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Danvers	Ban in place	No	No
Dartmouth	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Dedham	Ban in place	No	No
Deerfield	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Dennis	Ban in place	No	No
Dighton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Douglas	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Dover	Ban in place	No	No
Dracut	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Dudley	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Dunstable	Zoning in place; license cap	No	No
Duxbury	Ban in place	No	No
East Bridgewater	Ban in place	No	No
East Brookfield	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
East Longmeadow	Ban in place	No	No
Eastham	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Easthampton	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Easton	Ban in place	No	No
Edgartown	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Egremont	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Erving	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Essex	Ban in place	No	No
Everett	Ban in place	No	No
Fairhaven	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Fall River	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Falmouth	Ban in place	No	No
Fitchburg	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Florida	No response	No response	No
Foxborough	Ban in place	No	No
Framingham	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Franklin	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Freetown	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Gardner	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Georgetown	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Gill	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Gloucester	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Goshen	No response	No response	No
Gosnold	No response	No response	No
Grafton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Granby	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Granville	No response	No response	No
Great Barrington	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Greenfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Groton	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Groveland	Ban in place	No	No
Hadley	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Halifax	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hamilton	Ban in place	No	No
Hampden	Ban in place	No	No
Hancock	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hanover	Ban in place	No	No
Hanson	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Hardwick	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Harvard	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Harwich	Ban in place	No	No
Hatfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Haverhill	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hawley	Planning	No response	No
Heath	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hingham	Ban in place	No	No
Hinsdale	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Holbrook	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Holden	Ban in place	No	No
Holland	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Holliston	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Holyoke	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hopedale	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hopkinton	Ban in place	No	No
Hubbardston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hudson	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Hull	Ban in place	No	No
Huntington	Planning	Planning process ongoing	No
Ipswich	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Kingston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Lakeville	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Lancaster	Ban in place	No	No
Lanesborough	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Lawrence	Ban in place	No	No
Lee	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Leicester	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Lenox	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Leominster	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Leverett	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Lexington	Ban in place	No	No
Leyden	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Lincoln	Ban in place	No	No
Littleton	Zoning in place	No (explicit ban on delivery)	No
Longmeadow	Ban in place	No	No
Lowell	Zoning in place, retail license cap	Yes	No
Ludlow	Ban in place	No	No
Lunenburg	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Lynn	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Lynnfield	Ban in place	No	No
Malden	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Manchester-by-the-Sea	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Mansfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Marblehead	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Marion	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Marlborough	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Marshfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Mashpee	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Mattapoisett	Ban in place	No	No
Maynard	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Medfield	Ban in place	No	No
Medford	Planning process	Planning process	No
Medway	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Melrose	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Mendon	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Merrimac	Ban in place	No	No
Methuen	Planning process	Planning process	No
Middleborough	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Middlefield	No zoning in place	No zoning in place	No
Middleton	Ban in place	No	No
Milford	Ban in place	No	No
Millbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Millis	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Millville	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Milton	Ban in place	No	No
Monroe	Ban in place	No	No
Monson	Planning process	Planning process	No
Montague	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Monterey	Ban in place	No	No
Montgomery	No response	No response	No
Mount Washington	Ban in place	No	No
Nahant	No response	No response	No
Nantucket	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Natick	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Needham	Ban in place	No	No
New Ashford	No response	No response	No
New Bedford	Zoning in place	Yes	No
New Braintree	Zoning in place	Yes	No
New Marlborough	Ban in place	No	No
New Salem	No response	No response	No
Newbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Newburyport	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Newton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Norfolk	Ban in place	No	No
North Adams	Zoning in place	Yes	No
North Andover	Ban in place	No	No
North Attleborough	Zoning in place	Yes	No
North Brookfield	Zoning in place	No (explicit ban on delivery)	No
North Reading	Ban in place	No	No
Northampton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Northborough	Ban in place	No	No
Northbridge	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Northfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Norton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Norwell	Ban in place	No	No
Norwood	Ban in place	No	No
Oak Bluffs	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Oakham	No response	No response	No
Orange	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Orleans	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Otis	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Oxford	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Palmer	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Paxton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Peabody	Ban in place	No	No
Pelham	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Pembroke	Ban in place	No	No
Pepperell	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Peru	No response	No response	No
Petersham	No response	No response	No
Phillipston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Pittsfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Plainfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Plainville	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Plymouth	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Plympton	No response	No response	No
Princeton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Provincetown	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Quincy	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Randolph	Ban in place	No	No
Raynham	Ban in place	No	No
Reading	Ban in place	No	No
Rehoboth	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Revere	Ban in place	No	No
Richmond	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Rochester	Planning process	Planning process	No
Rockland	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Rockport	Ban in place	No	No
Rowe	No response	No response	No
Rowley	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Royalston	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Russell	No response	No response	No
Rutland	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Salem	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Salisbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Sandisfield	No response	No response	No
Sandwich	Ban in place	No	No
Saugus	Ban in place	No	No
Savoy	No response	No response	No
Scituate	Ban in place	No	No
Seekonk	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Sharon	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Sheffield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Shelburne	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Sherborn	Ban in place	No response	No
Shirley	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Shrewsbury	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Shutesbury	No response	No response	No
Somerset	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Somerville	Zoning in place	Yes	No
South Hadley	Ban in place	No	No
Southampton	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Southborough	Ban in place	No	No
Southbridge	Ban in place	No	No
Southwick	Ban in place	No	No
Spencer	Ban in place	No	No
Springfield	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Sterling	Ban in place	No	No
Stockbridge	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Stoneham	Ban in place	No	No
Stoughton	Ban in place	No	No
Stow	Ban in place	No	No
Sturbridge	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Sudbury	Ban in place	No	No
Sunderland	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Sutton	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Swampscott	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Swansea	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Taunton	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Templeton	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Tewksbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Tisbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Tolland	No response	No response	No
Topsfield	Ban in place	No	No
Townsend	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Truro	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Tyngsborough	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Tyringham	No response	No response	No
Upton	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Uxbridge	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Wakefield	Ban in place	No	No
Wales	No zoning in place	No response	No
Walpole	Ban in place	No	No
Waltham	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Ware	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Wareham	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Warren	Zoning in place; license cap; delivery ban	No	No
Warwick	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Washington	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Watertown	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Wayland	Ban in place	No	No
Webster	Zoning in place; retail ban	No	No
Wellesley	Ban in place	No	No
Wellfleet	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Wendell	No response	No response	No
Wenham	Ban in place	No	No
West Boylston	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
West Bridgewater	Ban in place	No	No
West Brookfield	Zoning in place	Yes	No
West Newbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
West Springfield	Ban in place	No	No
West Stockbridge	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
West Tisbury	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Westborough	Ban in place	No	No
Westfield	Zoning in place; license cap	Yes	No
Westford	Ban in place	No	No
Westhampton	Ban in place	No	No
Westminster	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Weston	Ban in place	No	No
Westport	Ban in place	No	No
Westwood	Ban in place	No	No
Weymouth	Ban in place	No	No
Whately	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Whitman	Ban in place	No	No
Wilbraham	Ban in place	No	No
Williamsburg	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Williamstown	Zoning in place	Yes	No
Wilmington	Ban in place	No	No
Winchendon	Zoning in place; retail cap	Yes	No
Winchester	Ban in place	No	No
Windsor	Zoning in place; retail cap	Yes	No
Winthrop	No response	No response	No
Woburn	Ban in place	No	No
Worcester	Zoning in place; retail license cap	Yes	No
Worthington	No zoning in place	Yes	No
Wrentham	Ban in place	No	No
Yarmouth	Ban in place	No	No

Municipal Zoning Tracker

Status of Municipal Zoning and By-Laws

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