Oakland cannabis dispensaries must sit at least 600 feet from K-12 schools and other sensitive uses, mirroring the statewide minimum in Business and Professions Code 26054.
Under California Business and Professions Code 26054 and Oakland Municipal Code Title 5 cannabis chapters, brick-and-mortar cannabis retail and other licensed cannabis premises must be at least 600 feet from K-12 schools, day care centers, and youth centers that exist at the time of license application. Distance is measured property line to property line. Oakland zoning rules in OMC Title 17 layer additional buffers from residential districts and clustering controls so multiple dispensaries do not concentrate. Equity permit incubator pairings must still satisfy these spacing rules at each site.
Operating inside a buffer or relocating without an updated separation analysis can trigger denial of the permit, an order to cease operations, and revocation by the cannabis regulator.
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