Wellington, FL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum size
- 10,000 square feet of floor area
- Density cap
- One dispensary per retail development
- School buffer
- 1,000 feet from any public or private school
- Exemption
- SR 7/US 441 frontage developments exempt from size/cap rules
- Governing use
- Regulated as "Pharmacy" use, § 6.2.2.D.3
Summary
Wellington treats medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries as a form of pharmacy use under the Land Development Regulations, not a banned use: the Village has not opted out under state law, but Section 6.2.2.D.3 requires each dispensary to occupy at least 10,000 square feet, caps one dispensary per retail development, and keeps dispensaries at least 1,000 feet from any public or private school.
3.Pharmacy:a.Retail pharmacy facilities, medical marijuana dispensing organizations/facilities, or medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries must have a minimum of 10,000 square feet of floor area.b.No more than one retail pharmacy facility, medical marijuana dispensing organization/facility, or medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries may be permitted to operate within any individual retail development. Pharmacy operations that function as an accessory service within grocery stores do not apply to this limitation.c.Retail pharmacy facilities, medical marijuana dispensing organizations/facilities, and medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries shall not be located closer than 1,000 feet from any public or private school.
Full Breakdown
Wellington's Land Development Regulations group medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries with retail pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensing organizations under the "Pharmacy" use standard at Section 6.2.2.D.3, and the zoning table lists Pharmacy as a use available only in the Village's commercial and similar retail-oriented districts, not agricultural or residential zones. Three numeric standards apply directly to a dispensary: it must have a minimum of 10,000 square feet of floor area; no more than one retail pharmacy facility, medical marijuana dispensing organization or medical marijuana treatment center dispensary may operate within any individual retail development, other than a pharmacy counter operating as an accessory service inside a grocery store; and a dispensary cannot locate closer than 1,000 feet from any public or private school.
Section 6.2.2.D.3(d) then carves out an exemption from the size and one-per-development rules for dispensaries in larger retail developments fronting State Road 7/U.S. 441, along with pharmacy product distributorships and compounding facilities that are not open to the public. The Village's own definitions in Section 3.2.2 describe a "medical marijuana treatment center" as an entity registered by the Florida Department of Health that acquires, cultivates, processes, sells, or dispenses marijuana and related products to qualifying patients, tying the local zoning category directly to state registration rather than creating a separate Village license.
Violations & Fines
Opening a dispensary below the 10,000-square-foot floor area minimum, siting a second dispensary within the same retail development, or locating within 1,000 feet of a school without qualifying for the State Road 7/U.S. 441 exemption is a zoning violation Wellington's Planning, Zoning and Building Department can cite through code compliance, with unresolved cases proceeding to the special magistrate under the Code of Ordinances.
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