Sacramento requires cannabis dispensaries and many other cannabis businesses to maintain a 600-foot buffer from K-12 schools, day cares, and youth centers, mirroring California Business and Professions Code 26054 statewide minimums.
Sacramento City Code Title 5 cannabis chapters set sensitive-use buffer requirements that match or exceed state law. California Business and Professions Code 26054(b) prohibits state-licensed cannabis premises within 600 feet of a school providing instruction for K through 12, a day care center, or a youth center existing at the time of license. Sacramento extends similar buffers to its city permits and adds zoning-district restrictions through Title 17. Distance is measured from property line to property line. Some non-storefront, manufacturing, or testing uses may have reduced buffers under city zoning. Operators must verify buffers as part of conditional use permit review.
Operating a cannabis business inside a required buffer or misrepresenting distances on the application can trigger permit denial, suspension, or revocation, plus state license consequences.
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