Santa Ana cannabis retailers and other licensed operators must keep set distances from schools, day cares, parks, and youth-oriented facilities under Title 18.51 buffer rules.
Title 18.51 requires every commercial cannabis use to sit at least 600 feet from schools, day cares, and youth centers, matching the state minimum, and additional buffers from parks, libraries, and certain residential edges. Distance is measured property line to property line. New sensitive uses opening near an existing operator do not retroactively void the cannabis permit, but the operator may face stricter operational conditions. Operators must submit a buffer survey from a licensed surveyor as part of their Regulatory Safety Permit application.
Operating closer than the required buffer, falsifying a buffer survey, or expanding into restricted setbacks without a modified permit.
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