Antioch, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

3845, adopted by Ord. 2143-C-S in 2018 and amended through Ord. 2199-C-S in 2021, allows a cannabis business only inside one of the city's Cannabis Business (CB) Overlay Zoning Districts, and division (A) flatly bars "any other cannabis business or commercial cannabis use" anywhere else in the city. Every applicant needs a use permit issued by the City Council after a Planning Commission recommendation, plus an operating agreement covering public outreach, a social equity program, cultivation or gross-receipts fees, a Chief of Police-approved security plan, odor control, insurance, indemnification, hours of operation, signage, and exterior lighting.

Table A under division (D) ties license types to each overlay: CB 1 allows the widest range, license types 1 through 12 including cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail, all by City Council use permit; CB 2 and CB 3 each allow only license type 10, retail, also by City Council use permit. Multi-tenant buildings in CB 1 cannot house a license type 7 business. Beyond the standard use-permit findings, the City Council must also find the site consistent with state cannabis law and city standards, that it will not create excessive demand on police or other city services, and that the business will benefit the city.

Applicants and operating businesses pay a cash deposit to cover the city's staff and outside legal costs of reviewing and administering the application and operating agreement, refunded if unused.