Mobile, AL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- City status
- Opted in (Sec. 35-3)
- State license required
- Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission
- Local condition
- Subject to Mobile zoning ordinances
- Notice to state
- City clerk notifies Commission in 7 days
Summary
Mobile has opted in to medical cannabis: Sec. 35-3 authorizes state-licensed dispensaries and integrated facilities inside city limits, but only subject to the city's own zoning and business-licensing ordinances.
In accordance with section 20-2A-51(c)(1) of the Act, the city hereby authorizes the location and operation of dispensing sites for state-licensed dispensaries and integrated facilities in the corporate limits of the city, subject to the provisions of the Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable city tax ordinances, zoning ordinances and all laws, resolutions and ordinances, as may be amended at any time and from time to time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67).
Full Breakdown
Under the Alabama Medical Cannabis Act, the state Commission cannot license a dispensing site in any municipality unless that city's council first passes an authorizing ordinance. Mobile did so: Sec. 35-3 authorizes the location and operation of dispensing sites for state-licensed dispensaries and integrated facilities within the corporate limits, but expressly makes that authorization subject to "applicable city tax ordinances, zoning ordinances and all laws." Sec. 35-2 confirms the Act lets Mobile adopt zoning ordinances restricting where dispensing sites can operate. Sec. 35-4 required the city clerk to notify the Commission of the authorizing ordinance within seven days of adoption.
Violations & Fines
Operating a dispensing site inside Mobile without state licensure under the Alabama Medical Cannabis Act, or in violation of the city's zoning and business-license ordinances, falls outside Sec. 35-3's authorization and is not a lawful use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are medical cannabis dispensaries allowed in Mobile?
Who licenses cannabis dispensaries in Mobile: the city or the state?
Sources & Official References
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