St. Petersburg permits medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries under the same zoning rules as pharmacies per Florida Statute 381.986(11), with the 500-foot school buffer applying citywide.
Florida Statute 381.986(11) requires local governments to treat Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) dispensaries the same as licensed pharmacies for zoning purposes; cities may not adopt stricter siting rules unless they ban dispensaries entirely. St. Petersburg has not banned MMTCs, so dispensaries are allowed wherever Chapter 16 land development regulations permit a pharmacy, typically commercial corridors and mixed-use districts (CCS-1, CCT, and similar zones). State law also imposes a 500-foot buffer from the property line of public or private K-12 schools, which a city may waive only after a public hearing. Cultivation and processing facilities are prohibited inside the city's residential zones.
Operating a dispensary in a non-compliant location is a state licensing violation handled by the Office of Medical Marijuana Use; city zoning citations include fines up to $500 per day per Chapter 9 code enforcement.
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