Fayette Marijuana dispensaries ordinance (§ 620.030)
Chapter 620: Marijuana
In short: Marijuana dispensaries may not be open or make sales between 9:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M., may not allow consumption on the premises, and must check permit cards or proof of age at each purchase.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. Marijuana dispensaries shall not be open to the public or make any sales between the hours of 9:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
B. No marijuana, of any type, may be consumed on the premises of a marijuana dispensary, nor shall the licensee permit such consumption.
C. Any medical marijuana dispensary shall require any customer to display the customer's permit card from the Department of Health and Senior Services at the time of purchase. Any other marijuana dispensary shall require the purchaser to show a driver's license or other proof of age at the time of each purchase.
D. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) who is not a qualifying patient shall be allowed into a comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) shall be allowed into any micro-business dispensaries. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years old shall be allowed into a medical marijuana dispensary. The foregoing notwithstanding, a qualifying patient who is too young to enter a medical marijuana dispensary, a comprehensive marijuana dispensary, or a micro-business, may do so if such qualifying patient is accompanied by a parent or guardian or if such qualifying patient has been emancipated and shows proof of emancipation.
E. A marijuana facility shall have displayed its State-issued license, visible to the public, at all times.
F. Each marijuana dispensary shall be operated from a permanent and fixed location. No marijuana dispensary shall be permitted to operate from a moveable, mobile, or transitory location. This subsection shall not prevent the physical delivery of marijuana to a customer, patient, or the patient's primary caregiver at a location off of the premises of the permittee's marijuana dispensary, to the extent so allowed by law, if:
1. The marijuana was lawfully purchased;
2. The marijuana is delivered only by the permittee or an employee of the permittee;
3. The marijuana is delivered only by the use of a motor vehicle, bicycle, or other lawful means of transportation; marijuana may not be delivered by drone or any remotely operated vehicle, or by any self-navigating vehicle unless a human occupies such self-navigating vehicle.
G. Marijuana accessories designed or intended for use in consuming marijuana may be sold at a marijuana dispensary.
H. A marijuana dispensary shall provide adequate security on the premises of the marijuana dispensary, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Security surveillance cameras installed to monitor the main entrance along with the interior and exterior of the premises to discourage and facilitate the reporting of criminal acts and nuisance activities occurring at the premises. Security video shall be preserved for at least seventy-two (72) hours by the permittee;
2. Alarm systems that are professionally monitored and maintained in good working conditions;
3. A locking safe permanently affixed to the premises, or a locked secure storage room, that is suitable for storage of all of the saleable inventory of marijuana if marijuana is to be stored overnight on the premises; and
4. Exterior lighting that illuminates the exterior walls of the business and is compliant with the City Code.
Official source: City of Fayette official Code of Ordinances (online), § 620.030
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.