Tracy, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Dispensary-to-dispensary buffer
- 600 feet minimum
- School/day care/youth center buffer
- 600 feet minimum
- Residential zone buffer
- 50 feet minimum
- Outdoor cultivation
- Prohibited in every zone citywide
- Permits required
- Cannabis business permit + conditional use permit
- Violation penalty
- Misdemeanor, each day a separate offense
Summary
Commercial cannabis businesses in Tracy must sit at least 600 feet from another storefront dispensary and from any school, day care center or youth center, plus at least 50 feet from a residential zoning district, all measured structure to structure under the City's cannabis land-use ordinance.
(d)Location Requirements.(1)Any storefront retail dispensary cannabis use shall be located at least 600 feet away from another storefront dispensary cannabis use; and(2)Any commercial cannabis uses shall be located at least 600 feet from any of the following sensitive uses as of the date the conditional use permit is issued: School, day care center, or youth center; and(3)If located on separate parcels, the distance between the commercial cannabis use shall be measured from the parcel on which a sensitive use exists, to the structure containing a cannabis use; and(4)If located on the same parcel, the distance between the structures containing the cannabis use and any sensitive use shall be at least 600 feet; and(5)Whether located on the same or separate parcels, the distance between commercial cannabis uses shall be measured from the structures containing the commercial cannabis uses; and(6)Any commercial cannabis use shall be at least 50-feet from a zone district that permits residential uses, except for zone districts that permit commercial cannabis storefront retailers (dispensaries).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
3196 zones commercial cannabis activity, and any use not expressly permitted there is banned citywide. 4250 before opening. Subsection (d) sets the buffers: a storefront dispensary must be at least 600 feet from any other storefront dispensary; every commercial cannabis use must be at least 600 feet from a school, day care center, or youth center, measured as of the date the conditional use permit issues; and every commercial cannabis use must sit at least 50 feet from any zone district that permits residential uses, except zones that themselves allow dispensaries.
Where the cannabis use and the sensitive or residential use sit on separate parcels, distance runs from the sensitive-use parcel to the nearest cannabis structure; on the same parcel, it runs structure to structure. If two or more cannabis conditional use permit applications compete, the application deemed complete first gets priority review by the Planning Commission. 36 and state law, and personal-use cultivation is likewise indoor-only.
Violations & Fines
Section 10.08.3196(f) declares any violation of the chapter a public nuisance and a misdemeanor enforceable under Chapter 1.04, with each day a commercial cannabis business operates in violation of the buffers, or each day outdoor cultivation occurs, treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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