Commercial cannabis activity in San Jose, including the city's permitted medical marijuana collectives, is limited to designated light-industrial zoning districts under SJMC Section 20.80.495 and Title 20, with strict separation from residential zones, schools, parks, and other sensitive uses.
SJMC Title 20 (Zoning Code) and Section 20.80.495 confine permitted medical marijuana collective dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution to light-industrial (LI) and similar industrial zoning districts. Cannabis uses are prohibited in residential, downtown commercial, and most general commercial zones. The site must satisfy the 1,000-foot sensitive-use buffer, possess a valid city Cannabis Business Permit, and obtain a state license issued by the California Department of Cannabis Control before operations begin. Cultivation and manufacturing are subject to additional industrial-zone performance standards on odor, ventilation, security, and waste handling. New retail expansion remains capped at sixteen city-permitted collectives.
Operating cannabis commerce in a non-permitted zone, without a Cannabis Business Permit, or before securing a state license is a public nuisance subject to abatement, daily civil penalties under SJMC Title 1, and state license denial.
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