Cannabis Information

Effective January 1, 2019, the City has begun the process of allowing certain commercial cannabis businesses (cultivators, manufacturers, and testing laboratories) and cannabis retailers to operate in the City.  The City Council has adopted a two-step process for commercial cannabis businesses  and cannabis retailers to lawfully operate in the City.  A commercial cannabis business or retailer must first apply for a cannabis regulatory permit in compliance with the provisions of Banning Municipal Code Chapter 5.35 and Chapter 5.33,respectively.  If the commercial cannabis business or cannabis retailer secures a cannabis regulatory permit, then it must apply for and obtain a cannabis conditional use permit in compliance with Banning Municipal Code Chapter 17.53 or Chapter 17.54, respectively. 

Three (3) retailers have been selected through a lottery process.  Cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and testing laboratory facilities will not need to go through the lottery process to obtain a cannabis regulatory permit or a cannabis conditional use permit.  

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