Cannabis Regulations in Placer County, CA (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Placer County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Placer County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Dispensary Zoning

Unincorporated Placer County bans medicinal cannabis dispensaries outright: Section 8.10.080 makes it unlawful to operate a dispensary, processing facility, or testing laboratory anywhere in the unincorporated area. The county also bans all other commercial cannabis activity under Section 8.10.060, so no storefront, delivery hub, or retail cannabis business can locate on unincorporated land.

Placer County Cannabis Dispensary Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Placer County Code § 8.10.080

It is unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on, or to permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any parcel, premises or location within the unincorporated area of the county of Placer, the operation of a medicinal cannabis dispensary, and/or processing facility, and/or testing laboratory.

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Buffer Zones

Outdoor personal cannabis cultivation in unincorporated Placer County must sit at least 600 feet from any school, church, park, library, fairgrounds, child care center, youth-oriented facility, or the boundary of an incorporated city, plus a separate 100-foot setback from all parcel property lines. County Code Section 8.10.040(A) sets both distances for the six-plant, 50-square-foot personal grow.

Placer County Cannabis Buffer Zone Rules

Some Restrictions

Placer County Code § 8.10.040(A)(7)

The parcel where the outdoor cannabis is cultivated shall not be located within 600 feet of any school, church, park, library, fairgrounds, child care center, youth-oriented facility or the boundary of any incorporated city. Such distance shall be measured in a straight line from the fence or other enclosure to the nearest boundary line of the premises upon which the school, church, park, child...

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Cannabis Regulations by City in Placer County

1 cities in Placer County have their own cannabis regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

RosevillePop. 147,773

2 verified rules • Dispensary Zoning, Home Cultivation

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