Collier County, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Ordinance No. 2023-15, codified at Sec. 26-411 through Sec. 26-416, is a flat local ban rather than a zoning overlay. Sec. 26-412 states the purpose is to prohibit medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities from establishing or locating within unincorporated Collier County. Sec. S. 986(11) to regulate where these facilities can operate, and the Board found a countywide ban in the best interest of the County. The operative rule, Sec. 26-414(a), is unambiguous: dispensing facilities are prohibited and shall not be established or located within unincorporated Collier County, with subsection (b) directing that the ban be read consistent with the Florida Constitution, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Administrative Code.

Sec. 26-416 confirms the ban's reach: it applies in all unincorporated areas of Collier County, Florida only, meaning it stops at the city limits of Naples, Marco Island, and Everglades City, each of which sets its own local rule. Sec. 26-415 routes enforcement through the county's Consolidated Code Enforcement Ordinance (Ord. No. 2010-04) and Chapter 162, Parts I or II, of the Florida Statutes, and lets a law enforcement or code enforcement officer cite each day of an ongoing violation as a separate offense. The county can also seek injunctive or declaratory relief in circuit court.

The ban covers dispensing facilities, the retail point where a patient picks up product; it does not by its text reach growing, processing, or other licensed medical-marijuana operations located elsewhere in the supply chain.