Palm Springs, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

55. Subsection C bars any Cannabis Facility from being established, developed or operated outside these separation principles, measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest property line of the facility to the nearest property line of the protected use. Cannabis Dispensaries and Cannabis Lounges must sit at least 500 feet apart from each other, though that buffer drops away for dispensaries and lounges inside the City's designated "CO" Cannabis Overlay Zone or under common ownership at one address. Cultivation facilities and Type 6/Type 7 state-licensed manufacturing facilities must keep 1,000 feet from any residential-zoned lot.

Every cannabis facility, dispensary, lounge, cultivation site or manufacturer alike, must stay 600 feet from a school, public playground, public park, day care or childcare center, or youth center. 01(B), and the buffers do not reach facilities already lawfully operating, or already fully entitled, as of the ordinance's 2019 effective date. Inside the Downtown/Uptown core, dispensaries also face a size cap: 1,500 square feet of gross floor area at street level, or 5,000 square feet if located above ground level. 095, which the City Manager must make before any dispensary permit issues.