Cannabis Regulations in Lexington, KY (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Lexington, Kentucky, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government will not license a medicinal cannabis cultivator, dispensary, producer, processor, or safety-compliance facility unless the applicant first obtains a zoning compliance permit from the Division of Planning, filed alongside the special fees license application required under Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-84; the article contains no separate local opt-out from state law.
Lexington Cannabis Business Zoning Permit
Some RestrictionsLFUCG Code of Ordinances § 13-84
No person or entity shall operate a medicinal cannabis business at any location in Lexington-Fayette County unless that entity first possesses a valid business license and the required special fees license(s) for each type of medicinal cannabis business operating at that location... A zoning compliance permit issued by the division of planning;
Buffer Zones
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government requires every medicinal cannabis cultivator, dispensary, producer, processor, or safety-compliance facility to prove its site is not within 1,000 feet of an existing child-care center, family child-care home, or registered child-care assistance provider before the Division of Revenue issues the special fees license required under Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-84.
Lexington Cannabis Child-Care Center Buffer
Some RestrictionsLFUCG Code of Ordinances § 13-84
Sufficient evidence that the location of the proposed medicinal cannabis business is not within one thousand (1,000) feet of an existing child-care center, as defined by KRS 199.894(3), family child-care home, as defined in KRS 199.894(5), or a registered childcare provider in the child care assistance program, as regulated by 922 KAR 2:180... When the applicant of the medicinal cannabis busine...