Cannabis Regulations in Oxnard, CA (2026)
3 verified cannabis regulations for Oxnard, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Home Cultivation
California Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Oxnard permits home cultivation indoors and in enclosed structures but may restrict outdoor growing visible from public areas.
Oxnard Home Cannabis Cultivation Rules
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Health and Safety Code § 11362.2
11362.2. (a) Personal cultivation of cannabis under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 11362.1 is subject to the following restrictions: (1) A person shall plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process plants in accordance with local ordinances, if any, adopted in accordance with subdivision (b). (2) The living plants and any cannabis produced by the plants in excess of 28.5 grams are kep...
Dispensary Zoning
Oxnard caps licensed cannabis retailers at 16 citywide and confines them to specific commercial zones: C-1, C-1-PD, C-2, C-2-PD, coastal neighborhood commercial, and commercial planned development areas, plus listed specific-plan zones. Every retail site must also sit at least 600 feet from schools, licensed daycare centers, and youth centers.
Oxnard Cannabis Retail Zoning Rules
Significant RestrictionsOxnard Code of Ordinances § 11-473(C), (E)(1)(a)
All cannabis retail dispensary businesses have been conceptually identified on land use maps, with actual siting subject to land use siting criteria and buffer requirements as stipulated in this subsection (C). Retailers are conceptually permitted in property zoned neighborhood shopping center (C-l), neighborhood shopping center planned development (C-l-PD), general commercial (C-2), general co...
Buffer Zones
Oxnard bars every commercial cannabis business, from cultivation sites to retail dispensaries, from locating within 600 feet of a K-12 school, licensed daycare center, or youth center. The distance is measured property-line to property-line in a straight line, on top of the separate zoning districts where cannabis uses are conceptually permitted.
Oxnard Cannabis Business Buffer Zones
Significant RestrictionsOxnard Code of Ordinances § 11-473(E)
The property on which any commercial cannabis business is located must also meet all of the following distance requirements: (1) It shall be no closer than 600 feet of any of the following: (a) Any school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, whether public, private, or charter, including pre-school, transitional kindergarten, and K-12. (b) A commercial daycare cente...
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