Cannabis Regulations in Springfield, IL (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Springfield, Illinois, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Cannabis businesses in Springfield don't pick their own site. Zoning Code Sec. 155.492 makes every cultivation center, dispensary, craft grower, infuser, processor and transporter a conditional permitted use, city council approval required, confined to the S-3, B-1, B-2, I-1 and I-2 commercial and industrial districts. None is allowed by right.
Springfield Cannabis Dispensary Zoning Districts
Significant RestrictionsSpringfield, IL Code of Ordinances Sec. 155.492 (Doc. No. 2014-058, § 1(Exh. A), 11-18-14; Doc. No. 2019-057, § 1(Exh. A), 11-19-19; Doc. No. 2020-021, § 1(Exh. A), 5-19-20)
Medical cannabis cultivation centers, adult-use cannabis cultivation centers, adult-use cannabis infusers, adult-use transporting organizations and adult-use processing organizations shall be conditional permitted uses in the I-1 and I-2 industrial zoning districts on single parcels of land. Medical cannabis dispensing organizations and adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations shall be condi...
Buffer Zones
Springfield zoning bars cannabis cultivation centers, craft growers and processors from locating within 1,000 feet of a pre-existing school, day care or residential zone, and bars any two cannabis business establishments from sitting within 1,500 feet of each other, under Sec. 155.496(a)-(b). Dispensaries follow a separate, church- and park-inclusive buffer in Sec. 155.497.
Springfield Cannabis Facility Buffer Distances
Significant RestrictionsSpringfield, IL Code of Ordinances Sec. 155.496(a)-(b) (Doc. No. 2014-058, 11-18-14; Doc. No. 2019-057, 11-19-19; Doc. No. 2020-021, 5-19-20; Doc. No. 2020-054, 1-19-21; Doc. No. 2023-041, 11-21-23)
(a)Location. No cultivation center or adult-use cannabis business establishments except adult-use dispensary, adult-use craft grower, adult-use cannabis transporting organization, adult-use cannabis processing organizations and adult-use cannabis infuser organization shall be located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private pre-school or elementary or secondary...
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