Springfield, OR Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Section 4.7.177(A)(3) and (4) restrict marijuana retail outlets to being fully contained in a permanent building in the Community Commercial or Major Retail Commercial Zoning Districts and state outright that they are prohibited in any district except CC and MRC, the tightest zoning confinement in Springfield's development code for any licensed use. Even where CC or MRC zoning permits a retail outlet, subsection (B) layers on locational buffers: no outlet may sit within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary, secondary or career school primarily attended by minors, within 500 feet of a park where minors congregate, or within 50 feet of any residential zoning district, each measured as a straight-line radius from the property boundary.

Subsection (C) adds operational limits on top of the zoning and buffer rules: an outlet cannot have a drive-up window, cannot operate from a temporary facility in any zone, must securely store its exterior refuse containers, cannot display outdoor merchandise or raw materials, cannot allow on-site product use unless state law expressly exempts it, and cannot operate as a home occupation in any zone. Marijuana production and processing facilities are zoned separately under subsection (D), largely confined to industrial districts with acreage minimums and residential setbacks of 500 to 1,000 feet depending on tier, so a grow or processing operation cannot locate in the same CC or MRC districts where retail is allowed.