Alabama law sets sensitive-use buffers around medical cannabis dispensaries, prohibiting locations within set distances of schools, daycare facilities, and churches. Mobile zoning can layer additional siting constraints on top of state minimums.
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission rules require dispensary applicants to demonstrate that the proposed site is not within prohibited distances of schools, licensed childcare facilities, and houses of worship. Mobile has not opted to relax those buffers and may add zoning overlays restricting dispensary placement to specific commercial corridors. Distance is typically measured property line to property line, which can disqualify otherwise attractive storefronts in central Mobile and along Government Street given the density of churches and schools. Applicants should commission a survey early and confirm setbacks both with AMCC counsel and Mobile Planning before signing a lease.
A dispensary placed in violation of state buffers cannot receive AMCC licensure, and any operation without licensure is treated as illegal cannabis sales under state law.
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