Gulfport, MS Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

The Chart of Permitted Uses in Appendix A's Section III(K)(2) lists "Medical Cannabis Dispensary" as its own line item, and across the ordinance's full run of zoning columns, from A-1 and the T1/T2 SmartCode zones through the industrial and waterfront districts, only two columns carry a symbol: B-2 (general business) and B-3 (central business). In B-2 the use is marked "R," allowed by right, but carries the plus-minus symbol that strips out the T6 SmartCode transect zone that otherwise shares the B-2 column, so a dispensary cannot use SmartCode transect status to locate there.

In B-3 the use is marked "R" outright, by right, with no transect carve-out needed because B-3 has no paired T-zone in the use table. A second table row narrows both of those rights: if the dispensary's site falls within 500 feet of a residential use, measured property line to property line as shown on the chart, the B-2 and B-3 entries both drop from "R" to "P," meaning the applicant needs the planning commission to approve the location and site plan rather than proceeding by right.

Every other conventional district in the ordinance, including the R-series residential zones, the B-1 neighborhood business district, B-4 highway business, the industrial districts and the airport overlay, carries no symbol at all for this use, meaning a medical cannabis dispensary cannot locate there under any process. The city has not opted out of allowing medical cannabis businesses altogether; it has instead confined dispensaries to its two general and central business zones and added the residential-proximity downgrade.