Fair Oaks Ranch is considering a 500-foot separation rule for hemp and kratom shops, a change that would leave the city’s one existing hemp retailer legally nonconforming.
The proposal would conditionally permit those retailers only in the Logistics and Mixed-Use zoning districts. Shops could not locate within 500 feet of homes, schools, day cares, religious institutions, alcohol establishments or another hemp or kratom retailer.
From the source record
The amendments update regulations on outdoor lighting, the use of hemp and kratom retail sales, data centers, religious institutions, and procedures for political signage on public property when used as a poll site.City of Fair Oaks Ranch ↗
The Planning and Zoning Commission will take public testimony at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, in the Public Safety Training Room at 7286 Dietz Elkhorn Road. The commission may then recommend whether the City Council should approve the amendments.
What the Retail Rules Would Change
Fair Oaks Ranch currently treats legal hemp products like general retail merchandise, the city’s staff report says. The proposed code would create a separate land-use category for hemp products, including CBD and legally permitted THC products.
The same two-district rule and 500-foot buffer would apply to kratom retailers. Both provisions include an exception for stores where hemp or kratom products occupy no more than 20% of the gross display area.