Long Beach prohibits cannabis retail, manufacturing, and cultivation businesses from operating within 600 feet of K-12 schools, daycares, parks, libraries, and other licensed cannabis businesses, measured property line to property line.
LBMC Section 5.90.030 and the related zoning provisions establish a 600-foot buffer between any cannabis business and sensitive uses including public and private K-12 schools, licensed day care centers, youth centers, public parks, and public libraries. The same 600-foot separation applies between cannabis retailers to prevent clustering. State law (Business and Professions Code Section 26054) sets a baseline 600-foot school buffer that local governments can keep or expand. Long Beach uses property line measurements rather than door-to-door, which is stricter than the state default for some uses.
Operating a cannabis business inside a buffer zone results in license denial, mandatory closure, fines up to thirty thousand dollars per day under LBMC Chapter 5.90, and potential injunction by the City Attorney.
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