Cannabis Regulations in Cleveland, OH (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Cleveland, Ohio, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Cleveland permits state-licensed medical and adult-use marijuana retail dispensaries only in the Local Retail Business District, per Zoning Code § 343.01(b)(9), placing dispensaries in the same use category as neighborhood grocery, drug and convenience stores, still subject to a separate 500-foot buffer from schools and parks.
Cleveland Marijuana Dispensary Zoning District
Some RestrictionsCleveland Codified Ordinances § 343.01(b)(9)
(b) Permitted Buildings and Uses. The following buildings and uses are permitted in a Local Retail Business District; and no buildings or premises shall hereafter be erected, altered, used, arranged or designed to be used, in whole or in part for other than one (1) or more of the following specified uses... (9) State-licensed medical marijuana retail dispensary or adult use dispensary, as defin...
Buffer Zones
State-licensed marijuana cultivators, processors, dispensaries and testing labs can't locate within 500 feet of a school, church, library, playground or park anywhere in Cleveland, under Zoning Code §§ 347.19(c) and 347.191(c), whether they're licensed for medical or adult-use cannabis.
Cleveland Cannabis 500-Foot Buffer Rule
Some RestrictionsCleveland Codified Ordinances §§ 347.19(c), 347.191(c)
§ 347.19(c) Location. Where permitted in a particular use district, no state-licensed medical marijuana cultivator, processor, retail dispensary or laboratory that tests medical marijuana, shall be located or relocated within five hundred (500) feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground or public park... § 347.191(...
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