Melbourne, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Appendix B, article V, § 2 contains the city's two use tables covering every zoning district. Table 1A, Residential Districts, lists 'Medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities' with an 'N' in R-A, R-1AAA, R-1AA, R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-P. Table 1B, Nonresidential Districts, repeats the same 'N' across R-P, C-1A, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-P, C-E, M-1, M-2, and I-1, covering every commercial and industrial district in the city. Unlike many uses on those tables that carry a 'C' for conditional use approval, dispensing facilities carry no such pathway anywhere; the code offers no variance route or overlay exception either.

The term is separately defined in article II as a facility operated by a medical marijuana treatment center or other organization or business holding all necessary licenses and permits required under state law from which marijuana, cannabis, cannabis-based products, related supplies or cannabis plants are delivered, purchased, possessed, or dispensed for medical purposes. The definition tracks Florida's medical marijuana framework, but Melbourne's own zoning tables are what actually zone the use out of the city; the prohibition applies regardless of whether a business holds a valid state medical marijuana treatment center license, since state licensing does not override local zoning.