Showing ordinances that apply to Lake Butler, FL
Lake Butler is an unincorporated community (population 18,851) in Orange County, Florida. Because Lake Butler is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Orange County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The dispensary zoning rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Florida preempts local dispensary zoning under FL §381.986(11). Orange County must either ban all Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers or allow them wherever pharmacies are permitted. Orange County allows MMTCs in commercial zones on par with pharmacies with 500-foot separation from schools.
Cities within the county (Orlando, Winter Park) have made individual ban or allow decisions. Unincorporated Orange County allows MMTCs. Vertically integrated MMTC model: only state-licensed operators (Trulieve, Curaleaf, Surterra, etc.) may operate dispensaries. No smokable flower ban since 2019 legislation. Recreational dispensaries do not exist; Amendment 3 failed November 2024.
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