Gulfport, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted by right
- CL-1, CL-2 and CG commercial districts
- Also permitted
- WRD commercial-limited and mixed-use sub-areas
- CG-only use
- Medical marijuana treatment centers also allowed
- Residential zoning
- Not listed as permitted or conditional use anywhere
- Citation
- Code of Ordinances § 22-5.11(b)
Summary
Gulfport's zoning code lists 'medical marijuana dispensing facilities' as a permitted principal use, by right, in the CL-1, CL-2 and CG commercial districts, and in the commercial-limited and mixed-use areas of the Waterfront Redevelopment District. The CG general commercial district additionally allows medical marijuana treatment centers under § 22-5.11(b).
(b)Permitted principal uses and structures. The following principal uses and structures are permitted:(1)Retail sales;(2)Office, business or professional;(3)Personal service;(4)Any public use of property owned or operated by the city;(5)Indoor storage facilities;(6)Restaurant;(7)Commercial entertainment use or recreation use conducted entirely within an enclosed building;(8)Automotive sales (new cars or used car lot), including related repairs conducted entirely within an enclosed building;(9)Automotive service station;(10)Automotive washing establishment;(11)Vessel and marine supplies; repair and sales;(12)Warehouses;(13)Trade shop, including roofing, plumbing, electrical, and the like;(14)Medical marijuana dispensing facilities;(15)Medical marijuana treatment centers.
Full Breakdown
11(b) places dispensing facilities and treatment centers alongside ordinary retail sales, offices, restaurants and trade shops as permitted principal uses in the CG general commercial district, meaning they need no discretionary city council approval beyond the standard site plan review that applies to all permitted uses under article VII. 12). Treatment centers, which cultivate, process and distribute marijuana products, are permitted only in CG, not in CL-1, CL-2 or the WRD sub-areas. No residential zoning district (R-1A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-MH) lists either use as permitted or conditional, so a dispensing facility cannot locate in a residential area.
Gulfport has not exercised the local opt-out available to Florida municipalities to exclude dispensing facilities; instead it zoned them into its commercial districts as by-right uses.
Violations & Fines
Operating a dispensing facility or treatment center outside the districts where it is a listed permitted use, including within a residential district or the Waterfront Redevelopment Overlay District's restricted use list, is an unpermitted zoning use. That is enforceable through the special master civil code enforcement process in §§ 12-15 through 12-23 and through the city's general penalty in § 1-6, up to a $500 fine or 60 days imprisonment, with each day of continued operation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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