Huntington Park, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

The buffer is written into Huntington Park Municipal Code § 3-1.2412, the operating requirements and standards that every permittee under Article 24 (Medical Marijuana Business Permits) must meet. Subsection (b), titled Location, says the final location of a medical marijuana business must comply with the City Municipal Code and be approved by the City. It then sets the distance: no location within 600 feet of a public or private school, park, or religious structure. The only way around it is approval by the City Council or, administratively, by the City Manager. The section states the distance but prints no measuring method.

The buffer is one of several layers. Under § 3-1.2403(e) the proposed location of a medical marijuana business can only be in the Industrial/Manufacturing Planned Development (MPD) zones of the City of Huntington Park, and no vested right passes to a permittee. Under § 3-1.2406(c) the City Council issues no more than two permits for medical marijuana businesses, and issuance is discretionary under the review criteria in § 3-1.2406(a), including that the location is not prohibited by the article or any local or State law. A permittee who wants to move to a new location within the permitted zone needs written approval from the City Manager under § 3-1.2409(b).

Other operating standards in the same section apply once a site clears the buffer. Persons under 18 are not allowed on the premises, the business cannot hold an alcohol license from the State Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, no marijuana may be consumed on site, and loitering is barred in front of the business. Cultivation must be indoors. A business that operated before the ordinance cannot claim legal nonconforming status under § 3-1.2415(b).