Marijuana and Hemp Licensing
303-739-7833
[email protected]
The Licensing Division is the local licensing authority responsible for overseeing the regulated marijuana and hemp industries in the city of Aurora. The Licensing Division comprises members of several city departments with expertise in the areas of city government most relevant to the industry, including tax compliance, planning and zoning, building regulations and neighborhood services.
Regulated marijuana and hemp businesses include all regulated marijuana and hemp license types except for medical marijuana stores, which are not permitted to operate within the city. The difference between marijuana and hemp is the THC content. The federal definition of hemp is anything with less than a 0.3% delta -9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration (THC), which is the primary intoxicating component of marijuana. Read more about hemp on the city's Industrial Hemp webpage.
For questions regarding home growing, please contact the Aurora Police Department's Narcotics Section at 303.739.1650.