Lodi, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Dispensaries permitted
- None; citywide prohibition
- Delivery
- Prohibited, narrow caregiver exception
- Legal basis
- Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 8.30, Ord. No. 1947 (2017)
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, Chapter 1.08
- Nuisance abatement
- Civil Code Section 731
Summary
Lodi prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use commercial cannabis retail or wholesale establishments in every zoning district citywide, refusing to issue any permit, license, or entitlement for such use anywhere in the city.
Medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use commercial cannabis retail or wholesale establishments are prohibited in all zoning districts within the city's jurisdictional limits and shall not be established, operated, or permitted in or upon any premises in the city of Lodi. The city shall not issue, approve or grant any permit, license or other entitlement for the establishment or operation of a medical marijuana dispensary or the operation of an adult-use cannabis commercial, wholesale or retail establishment. No person may be the lessor for property where a medical marijuana dispensary or adult-use cannabis commercial, wholesale or retail establishment is located.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
" The city will not issue, approve, or grant any permit, license, or other entitlement for a dispensary or adult-use retail/wholesale operation, and no person may even act as lessor for property housing one. 010) explicitly aims "to prohibit medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activities" while separately allowing limited indoor personal cultivation in residential zones. 050 extends the ban to all commercial cannabis activity generally, including by clinics, collectives, cooperatives, and dispensaries, in all zones, and declares that violating activity is a public nuisance. 040 separately bans delivery of cannabis by any dispensary, clinic, collective, or cooperative into or within city limits, with a narrow caregiver-to-patient delivery exception.
Ordinance No. 1947 enacted this chapter on November 1, 2017, following the passage of Proposition 64 (AUMA) and the state's Medicinal and Adult-Use Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), and the City Council grounded the ban partly in the federal Controlled Substances Act's Schedule 1 classification of marijuana.
Violations & Fines
Section 8.30.090 makes any violation of Chapter 8.30 a misdemeanor punishable under Chapter 1.08, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense. The city may also pursue civil injunctive relief under Chapter 1.10, and a court may award attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party in such an action. Section 8.30.080 independently declares any violation a public nuisance subject to summary abatement under Civil Code Section 731.
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