Ocala, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Table 122-287, the city's table of permitted uses, does not list a separate dispensary or cannabis-retail category; medical marijuana treatment centers are zoned exactly like any other pharmacy under the section 122-3 definition. That same section separately defines 'medical cannabis retail establishment' to fold in a licensed 'dispensing organization' under F.S. § 381.986 and any establishment selling marijuana for medical purposes under Florida Constitution Amendment 2, but for zoning purposes the operative test is the pharmacy definition: an establishment must be licensed at all times as a medical marijuana treatment center and operated in accordance with F.S. § 381.986 and all related state regulations.

The code makes continuous compliance a condition of the zoning classification itself, not just a state licensing matter: the moment an establishment is licensed but no longer operated in accordance with Florida law, section 122-3 says it 'shall no longer constitute a pharmacy, and hence is no longer a permitted use' wherever it sits. Because the zoning code offers no grandfather clause for a lapsed dispensary, an operator who loses state licensure or falls out of compliance becomes an illegal use overnight, subject to the same general zoning-violation clause in section 122-5 that governs every other Chapter 122 use.

There is no separately printed buffer distance, cap on the number of locations, or moratorium in the staged chapters; the city's only quoted mechanism for controlling where a dispensary can operate is the pharmacy use classification described above, so the building official applies whatever district permissions apply to pharmacies under Table 122-287 when reviewing a dispensary's site plan or business tax application.