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Cannabis Regulations in Cathedral City, CA (2026)

2 verified cannabis regulations for Cathedral City, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Dispensary Zoning

Cathedral City, California, permits cannabis dispensaries only by conditional use permit, in the districts whose use lists name them: PCC, CBP-2 and I-1. The planning commission will not hold a hearing until the applicant holds a local license in good standing.

Cathedral City Cannabis Dispensary Zoning and Permit Rules

Significant Restrictions

Cathedral City Municipal Code § 9.108.040

A. Where one or more types of cannabis businesses are listed as a conditionally permitted use in a zoning district in Division II of this Title 9 of the code, a cannabis business of the type conditionally permitted in the subject zone may only operate after obtaining a conditional use permit pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 9.72 of this code. No person may operate any cannabis business that...

Buffer Zones

In Cathedral City, California, no cannabis dispensary can be located within six hundred feet of a school, day-care center or youth center, or within two hundred fifty feet of a residential zone or the RR zone. Cultivation, manufacturing and distribution sites keep three hundred feet from residential zones.

Cathedral City Cannabis Buffer Distances From Schools

Significant Restrictions

Cathedral City Municipal Code § 9.108.070

A conditional use permit for a cannabis business shall not be approved unless the proposed cannabis business will be located in a zoning district in which cannabis businesses of the type proposed are conditionally permitted. In addition, a conditional use permit shall not be approved for a cannabis business unless all of the following locational requirements applicable to the type of cannabis b...

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