Long Beach restricts commercial cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing to specific industrial and limited commercial zones under LBMC Chapter 5.90 and the citywide zoning code, with retail allowed only in designated commercial districts.
Long Beach divides commercial cannabis activity into license types regulated jointly by LBMC Title 5 Chapter 5.90 and Title 21 zoning. Adult-use and medicinal retail storefronts are allowed only in specified commercial corridors, while cultivation, manufacturing using non-volatile solvents, distribution, and testing labs are restricted to industrial zones such as IG and IL. Volatile-solvent extraction is banned outright. Each license type has separate caps approved by the City Council. Conditional Use Permits, security plans, and Coastal Commission review (for projects in the coastal zone) may apply on top of the cannabis license.
Operating a cannabis business in a non-permitted zone results in license denial, daily zoning fines up to thirty thousand dollars, code enforcement closure orders, and possible Coastal Commission action for unpermitted coastal development.
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