Pleasanton, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Dispensaries
- Prohibited citywide, § 6.18.020
- Commercial activity
- All types barred, § 6.18.025
- Commercial cultivation
- Prohibited, § 6.18.030(A)
- City permits/licenses
- None issued, § 6.18.040
- Medical delivery
- Permitted since Jan. 1, 2024
- Enforcement
- Administrative citation, daily offense, Ch. 1.24
Summary
Pleasanton allows no cannabis dispensary anywhere in the city. Municipal Code § 6.18.020 bans operating a medical, nonmedical, or hemp dispensary on any premises citywide, and § 6.18.040 confirms no city permit or license will ever be issued for one.
In addition to the other prohibitions in this chapter, no person shall operate or permit to be operated a medical marijuana, a nonmedical marijuana, or a hemp, dispensary in or upon any premises in the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4955754; v17 updated 2026-06-02).
Full Breakdown
18, Marijuana and Hemp, imposes a stack of citywide prohibitions rather than a zoning map. 020 bars operating or permitting a medical marijuana, nonmedical marijuana, or hemp dispensary on any premises in the city, full stop, with no zoning district carved out as an exception. 010). 030(D). 040 closes the loop: no city permit, license, zoning certificate or other entitlement will be issued for any commercial or other marijuana or hemp activity, including activity for which the state itself requires a license. 035 bans commercial nonmedical marijuana and hemp deliveries that originate or terminate in the city, but as of January 1, 2024, commercial delivery of medical marijuana to a qualified patient or that patient's primary caregiver is permitted under Business and Professions Code § 26320 et seq. 030(B) and (C), but that is a private-use carve-out, not a commercial zoning allowance.
Violations & Fines
Section 6.18.050 makes any violation of Chapter 6.18 subject to administrative citation under Chapter 1.24, with each day a violation continues treated as a separate offense punishable on its own. Because dispensaries, commercial cultivation and retail sale are barred outright rather than merely zoned away from certain areas, operating any such business anywhere in Pleasanton, in any zoning district, exposes the operator to ongoing daily citations under this section.
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