Coconut Creek, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Section 13-321(c) of the Coconut Creek Code limits a medical marijuana treatment center to the medical overlay area defined in section 13-319, "Zoning Overlay Areas," and requires a special land use under section 13-35. Subsection (d) adds that no special land use is issued until the City Commission approves the premises, the business and the applicant.

The application is heavier than a normal zoning request. It must be a joint application by the property owner and the owner of the treatment center or dispensary. It must list every owner, partner, officer and director, attach the state licensing application, and include Level 2 background screening completed within the last twelve months, acceptable to the chief of police. A survey sealed by a Florida-registered land surveyor must show the required distances to protected uses. Beyond the standard list of property owners within 500 feet, the applicant must certify that notice of each public hearing went to those owners and was posted at occupied tenancies in the same plaza no later than 14 days before the hearing.

Approval carries operating conditions in subsection (d)(4): hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., no drive-thru, curbside or take-out service, no vending machines, no loitering, and no outdoor display. A special land use approval is not transferable under subsection (g). The definitions treat a dispensary as a facility licensed by the Department of Health to sell or dispense medical marijuana, and a treatment center as a licensed grower, processor and transporter that can include a dispensary. Subsection (i) prohibits the acquisition, cultivation, possession, sale or distribution of marijuana outside this medical framework in all zoning districts.