Las Vegas, NV Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

070. The City Council's stated basis is protecting nearby sensitive uses from the impacts associated with a dispensary, so the code sets layered distance separations: no dispensary may locate within 1,000 feet of any school, or within 300 feet of a city park, a church or house of worship, a licensed family or group child-care home or individual care center, a public community recreational facility, or any use whose primary function is to provide recreational opportunities to minors (the code names commercial recreation/amusement, public libraries, art galleries, museums, teen dance centers, and martial arts studios that instruct minors as examples).

Independent of those buffers, no dispensary may sit within 1,000 feet of any other cannabis dispensary, even one located outside Las Vegas city limits. A dispensary must also conform to the licensing provisions of LVMC Title 6, may not use outdoor storage including shipping containers, must provide a single point of public entry and exit under applicable building and fire codes, and the Special Use Permit lapses automatically if the use ceases operating for more than 90 days. 110. 0177(1) or (2) that predates the dispensary application, to the extent that placement would be prohibited by Chapter 595, Statutes of Nevada 2019 (Assembly Bill 533). Applicants must submit a licensed surveyor's survey depicting the 300, 1,000 and 1,500-foot buffers and the location of every protected use they measure against.