Menifee, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Storefront dispensaries
- Prohibited citywide, § 5.50.020
- Mobile dispensaries
- Banned, § 5.60.030
- Medicinal delivery
- Permitted per state law, § 5.60.040(B)
- Personal cultivation/possession
- Unaffected by the ban
- Enacted
- Ord. 2011-93 (2011), amended by Ord. 2025-417
Summary
Menifee bans cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis dispensaries everywhere in the city under Municipal Code § 5.50.020. The city will not issue a conditional use permit, building permit, or business license to any dispensary, exercising its opt-out right under state cannabis law while leaving personal possession and cultivation untouched.
Cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis dispensaries as defined in § 5.50.010 are prohibited within the city. No permit of any kind, including but not limited to a conditional use permit, a building permit or business license, shall be issued to any person or entity seeking to establish such a dispensary. Notwithstanding, this chapter shall in no way limit the right to possess, use or cultivate cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes as authorized by the laws of the State of California as set forth in the Health and Safety Code, as those may be amended from time to time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
010 as any fixed facility or location where cannabis or cannabis product is made available to or distributed by or to any individual. 020, the city refuses to issue any permit, conditional use permit, building permit, or business license to a person or entity seeking to open one, regardless of proposed zoning district; there is no zone in Menifee where a storefront dispensary is a permitted use. The prohibition doubles as the city's opt-out of state licensing, first adopted by Ord. 2011-93 in 2011 and reaffirmed through Ord.
2017-230 and Ord. 2025-417. 030 separately bars anyone from locating, operating, owning, or assisting a mobile cannabis dispensary within city limits. 040(B) permits delivery of medicinal cannabis and medicinal cannabis products to patients or caregivers to the extent it complies with Cal. Business and Professions Code §§ 26320 et seq. 020 expressly preserves the right to possess, use, or cultivate cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes under the Health and Safety Code.
Violations & Fines
Operating a fixed or mobile dispensary without authorization is enforced as a public nuisance: § 5.60.050 declares any mobile cannabis dispensary running in violation of Chapter 5.60 a public nuisance subject to abatement through all available remedies, and § 5.60.060 lets violations of that chapter be enforced by any applicable law. Because Chapter 5.50 issues no permits at all, any dispensary that opens is automatically unpermitted and subject to the same nuisance abatement and code enforcement tools the city uses citywide.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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