Cannabis Regulations in San Luis Obispo County, CA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated San Luis Obispo County, California.

Verified from official government sources

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

Dispensary Zoning

San Luis Obispo County allows only non-storefront cannabis dispensaries, and only in the Agriculture, Commercial Service (within an Urban Reserve Line), Industrial, Residential Rural, and Rural Lands land use categories with a Minor Use Permit. Store-front and mobile retailers are prohibited countywide.

SLO County Cannabis Dispensary Zoning Limits

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County Code § 22.40.090

Cannabis dispensary structures shall not be open to the public for retail sales. Only dispensaries requiring a Non-Storefront Retailer State license are allowed. Dispensaries requiring a Type 10 Retailer State license are prohibited. Cannabis dispensaries not operating within a permanent structure (mobile retailers) are prohibited. Cannabis dispensaries (non-storefront retailers) may be permitt...

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Buffer Zones

Cannabis dispensaries in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County must clear a 600-foot buffer from schools, parks and treatment facilities. Sec. 22.40.090(D)(1)(a) bars a dispensary from locating within "six hundred (600) feet" of any school, library, park, playground, recreation or youth center, or licensed drug, alcohol or sober-living facility.

SLO County Cannabis Dispensaries: 600-Foot Buffer

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County Code Sec. 22.40.090(D)(1)(a)

Cannabis dispensaries with storefronts not open to the public (mobile deliveries) shall not be located within six hundred (600) feet from any pre-school, elementary school, junior high school, high school, library, park, playground, recreation or youth center, licensed drug or alcohol recovery facility, or licensed sober living facility. Distance shall be measured from the structure that contai...

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