Tehama County, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer distance
- 1,000 feet
- Protected uses
- schools, parks, churches, day cares
- Governing section
- § 9.06.035(C)
- Waiver available
- case-by-case via Environmental Health
- Scope
- unincorporated Tehama County only
Summary
In unincorporated Tehama County, California, growing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, park, church, or child care center is a declared public nuisance unless the grower gets a case-by-case waiver.
Except as provided in a Waiver granted in accordance with subdivision (F), the cultivation of marijuana, in any amount or quantity, upon any premises located within one thousand feet of any school, school bus stop, school evacuation site, church, park, child care center, or youth-oriented facility is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance that may be abated in accordance with this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23).
Full Breakdown
Tehama County Code § 9.06.035(C) bars marijuana cultivation, in any amount, on any premises within one thousand feet of a school, school bus stop, school evacuation site, church, park, child care center, or youth-oriented facility, declaring it an unlawful public nuisance. The distance is measured parcel boundary to parcel boundary, or from the licensed grow structure on parcels twenty acres or larger. Growers can request a waiver from the Department of Environmental Health under § 9.06.035(F), decided case-by-case for hardship or good cause, but there is no exemption by right. This rule governs only the unincorporated area of Tehama County. Red Bluff, Corning, and the City of Tehama regulate cannabis under their own municipal codes.
Violations & Fines
Cultivating within the 1,000-foot buffer without an approved waiver is an unlawful public nuisance under § 9.06.035(C), enforceable through notice-and-abatement proceedings and cost recovery against the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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