Camarillo, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Storefront cannabis retail
- Prohibited citywide
- Only permitted use
- Delivery-only, M-2 zone
- Required state license
- Type 9 retail (delivery)
- Delivery hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Delivery vehicles
- Must be unmarked
- Deliveries limited to
- Private residences only
- Misdemeanor penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine, 6 months jail
Summary
Camarillo bans every commercial cannabis facility in every zone in the city under Municipal Code Section 19.55.030. The lone exception is a delivery-only medicinal retailer holding a state Type 9 license, conditionally permitted only in the M-2 General Manufacturing zone, with deliveries running 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to private residences in unmarked vehicles.
A.Unless otherwise provided by California law, commercial cannabis facilities are prohibited in all zones in the City, except that a delivery-only medicinal cannabis retailer (Type 9 retail license from the State's Department of Cannabis Control with an M-2 designation) may be conditionally permitted in the M-2 zone. Except as otherwise stated in this title, no person or entity may establish or operate a commercial cannabis facility within city limits and a property owner may not allow its property to be used by any person or entity as a commercial cannabis facility.B.Unless otherwise provided by California law, the delivery of cannabis to any person within the city limits is prohibited. Where permitted by State law, all businesses delivering cannabis within City limits must obtain a City business license and all deliveries must be conducted through the use unmarked vehicle(s). Except for deliveries of medical cannabis, deliveries are permitted to occur only from the hours of 7:00 am to 8:00 pm and deliveries are permitted only to a private residence.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
020 spells out the city's reasoning: commercial cannabis activity is still a federal crime under the Controlled Substances Act, and Camarillo cites evidence of crime-related secondary impacts near cannabis facilities as contrary to public health, safety and welfare. 030(A) prohibits commercial cannabis facilities, storefront or otherwise, in all zoning districts citywide, and separately bars property owners from letting anyone use their land for one. The only carve-out is a delivery-only Type 9 medicinal retailer with an M-2 zoning designation, which may be conditionally permitted in the M-2 General Manufacturing zone.
to a private residence (medical cannabis deliveries are exempt from the hours limit). 040, which lets a resident grow up to six plants inside a fully enclosed private residence or accessory structure. Every provision of the chapter operates "unless otherwise provided by California law," so a future change in state licensing rules could open a narrow door the ordinance does not currently allow.
Violations & Fines
Section 19.55.050 makes each day a violation continues a separate offense. Violations are punishable under the citywide general penalty scheme in Chapter 1.12: a misdemeanor carries up to a $1,000 fine and/or six months in jail, while an infraction escalates from a $100 fine on a first offense to $200 on a second and $500 on each additional offense within a year. Section 19.55.070 separately declares any violation a public nuisance per se, letting the city seek civil injunctive relief in addition to criminal penalties.
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