City Manager

These rules and regulations are established for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of Chapter 5.90 and Chapter 5.92 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) and any other ordinances, regulations, or laws that affect the permitting and operations of commercial cannabis businesses in the City of Long Beach.

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

CANNABIS APPLICATION FEES REFUND POLICY

• Medical cannabis business license application fees, including the building review fee, zoning review fee and background investigation fee.
• Adult-use cannabis business license application fees, including the building review fee, zoning review fee, background investigation fee, social equity fee, application review fee and annual regulatory fee.

If a cannabis business license application has not been deemed complete, the Director of Financial Management may refund any portion of the application fees if it is determined that the applicant submitted a request for a refund prior to the City incurring the cost of the service.

For more information on medical and adult-use cannabis application fees, please click here.

ADULT-USE RULES AND REGULATIONS

40% EQUITY HIRE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND PROCEDURES

EXEMPTION FROM LBMC 5.92 BUILDING REQUIREMENTS

MEDICAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

MEDICAL CANNABIS PERMITTEE CHANGE OF ADDRESS POLICY

• • Any other Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permittee.
  • Any Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applicant that has received written notification from the director of Financial Management that said application for a Medical Marijuana Dispensary is eligible to move forward to department and plan check review.
  • Any Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applicant that participated in the City’s Non-Priority Dispensary Public Lottery held on September 28, 2017 and is currently active on the Pending/Ineligible List.
  • The proposed location of any other Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permittee that has already submitted a request to relocate, while the relocation request is pending.

  vi. If the permittee is a Dispensary, the permittee shall have two (2) years upon submission of a change of address application to obtain a business license at the proposed location. If the permittee is unable to obtain the business license within two (2) years of submitting a change of location application, the application will be deemed null and void.

  vii. A Dispensary may not submit a change of address application within thirty (30) days of the following:

  • • Withdrawing an application for a change of location;
    • Having an application for a change of location be deemed null and void.

    VI. Should the Director of Financial Management receive multiple requests to relocate to the same address, the City shall assign priority based on the order in which the requests were received.

    VII. Should the Director of Financial Management receive multiple requests to relocate a Dispensary within 1,000 feet of another location with a pending change of address application, the City shall assign priority based upon the order in which the requests were received.

    For information regarding the process to apply for a change of address, please click here.

    MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY APPLICATION EXPIRATION POLICY

    1. Is a member of the “Priority Group 1,” “Priority Group 2,” or participated in the City’s Non-Priority Public Lottery held on September 29, 2017; and
    2. Has received written notice from the Director of Financial Management that said application for a Medical Cannabis Dispensary is eligible to move forward to department and plan check review.

    Regulation: Existing Medical Cannabis Dispensary applicants eligible to move forward to the department and plan check review process must obtain a business license no later than October 1, 2021. Any Medical Cannabis Dispensary applicant eligible to move forward to the department and plan check review process that has not obtained a Medical Cannabis Dispensary business license by April 1, 2021 will have their application deemed null and void, and will no longer be able to obtain a Medical Cannabis Dispensary business license or Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary business license from the proposed location. Should any Medical Cannabis Dispensary applications be deemed null and void, the City will refer to the Public Lottery Pending/Ineligible list to determine which replacement applications will be permitted to proceed through the medical dispensary licensing process. Replacement applications will be selected based upon the order of locations on the Pending/Ineligible list and review of the 1,000-foot dispensary buffer requirement.