Lancaster, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

Municipal Code Sec. A restricts cannabis facilities to properties in the light industrial (LI) zone, heavy industrial (HI) zone, or an adopted specific plan permitting industrial uses, and only after the applicant obtains a conditional use permit; the planning commission must also weigh whether the proposal violates the minimum distance requirements. 1 sets the 600-foot buffer from a religious assembly, a public or private school, college or university (excluding trade schools), a residential use or residentially designated property, and a public park. 3 specifies the buffer is measured in a straight line, ignoring intervening structures or topography, from the nearest point of the cannabis building to the nearest property line of the protected use.

2). 4 additionally requires all indoor cultivation and manufacturing to occur inside an enclosed, locked structure that does not exceed the size limits set by state licensing agencies. Enforcement under Sec. 150 makes operating in violation of any condition, this chapter, or a related local or state law a misdemeanor, and separately authorizes administrative citations of $10,000 for a first violation within 12 months and $20,000 for a second or subsequent violation within that period.