Redondo Beach, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Max storefront retail sites citywide
- 2
- Buffer from another retailer
- 1,000 feet
- Buffer from high/middle school
- 1,500 feet
- Buffer from elementary/day care/youth center
- 600 feet
- Buffer from Dale Page Park
- 150 feet
- Coastal Commercial zones
- Retailers prohibited
Summary
Redondo Beach caps storefront cannabis retail at two permitted sites citywide, limits them to commercial and industrial zones, and bans them from Coastal Commercial zones and anywhere within 1,000 feet of another retailer.
Commercial cannabis retailer regulations. ... c. ... Number of retailers. No more than two sites may be used for storefront commercial cannabis retailers at any time. Those sites maybe concurrently licensed to provide delivery. d. Location requirements. 1. Cannabis retailers shall be permitted only in commercial and industrial zones, specifically limited to the C-1, C-2, C-2A, C-2B, C-2PD, C-3, C-3A, C-3B, C-3PD, C-4, C-4A, C-4B, C-4PD, C-5A, CR, I-1, I-1A, I-1B, I-2, I-2A, and IC-1 zones. Cannabis retailers are prohibited in Coastal Commercial zones. Cannabis retailers are prohibited in any public-institutional zones and zones where residential is permitted. 2. No retailer shall be established or located within 1,000 feet, measured from the nearest property lines of each of the affected parcels, of any other cannabis retailer.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
1626(c)(1). 1626(c)(2)(6)(c) no more than two sites may be used for storefront commercial cannabis retail at any time, though those same sites may also be licensed for delivery. 1626(c)(2)(6)(d) confine retailers to commercial and industrial zones, specifically C-1, C-2, C-2A, C-2B, C-2PD, C-3, C-3A, C-3B, C-3PD, C-4, C-4A, C-4B, C-4PD, C-5A, CR, I-1, I-1A, I-1B, I-2, and IC-1, while expressly prohibiting them in Coastal Commercial zones, public-institutional zones, and any zone where residential use is permitted. Retailers must also stay at least 1,000 feet from any other cannabis retailer, 1,500 feet from a public or private high school or middle school, 600 feet from an elementary school, day care, or youth center, and 150 feet from Dale Page Park, all measured property-line to property-line. 03(e) states nothing in the chapter renders cannabis retail a by-right use.
Violations & Fines
Operating commercial cannabis activity without both a Conditional Use Permit and a valid commercial retail cannabis permit, or outside the permitted zones and buffer distances, is declared a public nuisance abatable by the City under § 10-2.1626(d) and is a misdemeanor under § 10-2.1626(e), with each day of continued violation treated as a separate offense under § 10-2.1626(f).
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