Louisville Metro permits state-licensed medical cannabis cultivators, processors, and dispensaries in commercial and industrial zoning districts under the Land Development Code, subject to KRS Chapter 218B distance requirements and OMC licensure.
Following enactment of KRS Chapter 218B, Louisville Metro Council amended the Land Development Code (LDC, Chapter 156) to address medical cannabis land uses. Dispensaries are generally permitted in commercial and mixed-use form districts; cultivators and processors require industrial or marketplace corridor zoning. All operators must hold a state OMC license, satisfy the 1,000-foot school/daycare buffer, comply with Metro signage rules, and obtain conditional use approval where required. Public consumption remains prohibited statewide. Louisville did not exercise the local-prohibition option offered under KRS §218B.110.
Operating without Metro zoning approval, exceeding signage rules, or violating buffer requirements may result in code-enforcement citations, conditional use revocation, and OMC license action.
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