Citrus County, FL Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

Citrus County's Land Development Code sets a dedicated proximity rule for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers at LDC § 3765, found in Chapter Three, Use Standards. The rule is short and specific: a treatment center cannot be sited within 500 feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school. The LDC defines Medical Marijuana Treatment Center as a Florida-licensed facility (LDC definitions, Chapter One) and lists it as an allowed or conditional use across several zoning district use tables in Chapter Three, meaning the buffer applies on top of whatever underlying zoning permission the site already carries.

This is a separate, narrower rule than the county's alcoholic beverage buffer in the immediately preceding LDC § 3760, which restricts package and on-premise alcohol sales near schools, churches, hospitals, and public parks, no park distance appears in § 3765 itself. This provision governs only unincorporated Citrus County. It does not apply inside the City of Crystal River or the City of Inverness, each of which administers its own zoning and land development regulations for treatment center siting. A prospective operator must confirm which jurisdiction a parcel sits in before relying on the county's 500-foot standard, and must also confirm state licensure requirements under Florida's medical marijuana statutes, which operate independently of this local siting rule.