Hawaiสปi authorizes only medical cannabis (HRS ยง329-121 et seq., 2000). Honolulu permits state-licensed dispensaries in commercial and industrial zones, with strict buffers from schools, parks, and playgrounds.
HRS Chapter 329D establishes the medical cannabis dispensary licensing system; Hawaiสปi has no recreational program. Honolulu Land Use Ordinance (ROH Chapter 21) treats licensed dispensaries as conditional uses in B-2 community business and I-2 industrial districts, subject to a state-set 750-foot buffer from schools, public housing, and playgrounds (HRS ยง329D-5). Each of three licensees on Oสปahu may operate up to two retail sites and two production facilities. Dispensaries must have on-site security, blackout windows, and 24/7 video. Hawaiสปi does NOT preempt local zoning, so Honolulu can layer additional siting controls within state limits.
Operating outside permitted zones or buffers results in license revocation by DOH plus city zoning enforcement fines from $1,000 to $25,000 per day.
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