Riverside Title 19 zoning requires licensed commercial cannabis facilities to maintain minimum separation distances from schools, day care centers, youth centers, parks, and other sensitive uses, on top of the state 600-foot school buffer.
California Business and Professions Code section 26054 forbids any state-licensed cannabis premises within 600 feet of a school providing instruction in kindergarten through grade 12, day care center, or youth center, measured from the closest property lines. Riverside layers additional local buffers under its Title 19 cannabis zoning ordinance, including separation from parks and additional spacing between cannabis facilities themselves. Conditional use permits and a community engagement process are required before operations begin. Operators must also satisfy odor mitigation, security, and building code requirements before the city issues a regulatory permit.
Operating a cannabis storefront within a prohibited buffer zone, or relocating without permit amendment, results in license revocation, civil penalties, and possible nuisance abatement actions.
See how Riverside's buffer zones rules stack up against other locations.
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