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File #: 250997    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 11/13/2025 In control: Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
On agenda: 12/2/2025 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-354, Marijuana Facilities, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of allowing marijuana dispensaries located at least 1,000 feet from residential zoning districts to operate 24 hours per day subject to approval of a special use permit.
Sponsors: Crispin Rea
ORDINANCE NO. 250997

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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea

Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-354, Marijuana Facilities, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of allowing marijuana dispensaries located at least 1,000 feet from residential zoning districts to operate 24 hours per day subject to approval of a special use permit.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. Amending Chapter 88, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and replacing Section 88-354, Marijuana Facilities, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, said section to read as follows:

88-354 MARIJUANA FACILITIES
88-354-01 APPLICABILITY
Marijuana facilities authorized by article XIV, sections 1 and 2 of the Missouri Constitution must be licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor entity.

88-354-02 STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR ALL MARIJUANA FACILITIES
All marijuana facilities licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and authorized to operate under article XIV, sections 1 and 2 of the Missouri Constitution, shall operate according to the local regulations applicable to all properties in zoning districts which allow the use of marijuana facilities.
88-354-02-A. DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM SCHOOLS
All comprehensive or medical marijuana cultivation facilities, comprehensive or medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facilities, and marijuana testing facilities licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and authorized to operate under article XIV, sections 1 and 2 of the Missouri Constitution, shall not be initially sited, at the time of application for license or for zoning approval, whichever is earlier, within 1,000 feet of any then-existing elementary or secondary school, as elementary and secondary schools are defined by state laws ...

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