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SLO council introduces ordinance to clarify cannabis zoning, delays new storefront applications
Summary
City staff briefed council on the annual cannabis program update and introduced an ordinance to clarify land‑use and operational rules in municipal code section 17.86.80. Council agreed to introduce the ordinance and asked staff to further study event and on‑site consumption requests raised by retailers.
San Luis Obispo city staff presented the annual commercial cannabis program update on May 6 and introduced an ordinance to amend municipal code section 17.86.80 to clarify land‑use and operational requirements for commercial cannabis activity.
The update, given by Ivana Gomez, the city’s cannabis business coordinator, said the city currently has two active retail storefront operator permits — Megan’s Organic Market (280 Higuera) and SlowCal Roots (3535 South Higuera) — and a third retail permit that is conditionally awarded to Embark in 2024 but is inactive pending an appeal scheduled for council review July 1. Gomez said, “Because there is a 3 retail storefront permit limit in the city, the city cannot accept new retail storefront applications until that appeal is resolved.”
Gomez summarized proposed amendments described by staff as “cleanup” and clarifying changes, not policy shifts. She told council the amendments would (1) clarify how buffer distances apply to retail storefronts and to the city’s cannabis overlay zones (CBZ), (2) remove repetitive or inconsistent terminology such as “can overlay” in favor of the consistent “CBZ…
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