Alhambra, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- School/park/daycare buffer
- 600 feet, parcel to parcel
- Residential zone buffer
- 600 feet
- Retailer-to-retailer spacing
- 1,000 feet
- Zone where CUP possible
- Industrial (I) only
- Governing footnote
- Table 23.06.020, Note 4
Summary
Alhambra bars a conditional use permit for its one allowed cannabis business, a medicinal delivery-only retailer, on any parcel within 600 feet of a school, park, licensed child daycare, youth center, drug or alcohol rehab facility, or a residential zone, and within 1,000 feet of another operating delivery-only retailer, per Note 4 to Table 23.06.020.
4. No CUP may be issued for a medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailer located on a parcel that is within 600 feet of any other parcel containing a school, park, licensed child daycare facility, youth center, a conditionally permitted use that provides services primarily to minors, or a licensed drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility, or a parcel that is within a residential zoning district. For purposes of this section, "school" includes a pre-school, transitional kindergarten, K-12 school, whether public or private. No CUP may be issued for a medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailer located on a parcel that is within 1,000 feet of any other parcel upon which a medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailer is operating.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-25: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 4851, passed 10-27-25).
Full Breakdown
020, the land use table for Alhambra's Employment Zoning Districts (Professional Office and Industrial), lists the medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailer as conditionally permitted only in the Industrial district, flagged with footnote (4). That footnote sets the buffer standard: no conditional use permit may issue for a delivery-only retailer on a parcel within 600 feet of any other parcel containing a school, park, licensed child daycare facility, youth center, a conditionally permitted use that serves minors, or a licensed drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility, and 'school' is defined broadly to include pre-school, transitional kindergarten, and K-12, public or private.
The same footnote also bars a delivery-only retailer from sitting within 600 feet of any parcel in a residential zoning district, and separately bars two delivery-only retailers from locating within 1,000 feet of each other, preventing clustering. 080(D)(6)(d).
Violations & Fines
A conditional use permit cannot legally be granted for a site that falls inside the 600-foot sensitive-use buffer or the 1,000-foot retailer-spacing buffer; the Director of Community Development is required to deny the application at that stage. An operator that opens without a valid CUP and retailer permit is subject to suspension or termination by the City Manager and the citywide general penalty of § 1.12.010.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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