Adult-use cannabis retailers in Cincinnati are limited to specific commercial and manufacturing zoning districts under CMC Chapter 1400 and Chapter 715, with cultivation and processing further constrained to industrial zones and conditional uses.
Cincinnati's land development code, CMC Chapter 1400, working in concert with Chapter 715, restricts adult-use cannabis retailers to designated commercial corridor and downtown districts where similar pharmacy and retail uses are allowed. Cultivation, processing, and testing facilities are limited to industrial and manufacturing zones, sometimes as conditional uses requiring planning commission review. Drive-through windows for cannabis retailers are prohibited or strictly limited. Hours of operation align with state rules. The city overlays buffer requirements from Chapter 715 on top of zoning permissions, meaning a parcel can be in a permitted district yet still be ineligible because of proximity to a school, park, or church.
Operating a cannabis business in a non-permitted zoning district or without a conditional-use approval triggers zoning enforcement under CMC Chapter 1400, possible certificate-of-occupancy revocation, and license review by Ohio DCC.
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