ACTION REQUESTED:
Title
Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development Code Relating to ADULT USE CANNABIS.
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BACKGROUND: On January 1, 2020, recreational use of cannabis will become legal in the State of Illinois. The law allows adults over the age of 21 to purchase certain amounts of cannabis. The law prohibits the use of cannabis in the following instances:
* Any public place, such as streets or parks
* Any motor vehicle
* On school grounds (except medical users)
* Near someone under the age of 21
* Near an on-duty school bus driver, police officer, firefighter or corrections officer
* On private property at the discretion of any person, business or landlord
The attached ordinance allows for the cultivation and sale of adult use (recreational) cannabis, in addition to the already allowed medical cannabis. The following table provides a summary:
Type
Zoning District
Permitted Use
Zoning District
Special Use
Comment
Medical/Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary
I1, I2 and I3, and Warehouse Form District
CN, C1, CG, C2, and B1
Currently prohibited in all Form Districts. No change to other zoning districts.
Medical/Adult Use Cannabis Cultivation Center
I1, I2 and I3, and Warehouse Form District
A1
Currently a special use in I1, I2, and I3, and prohibited in all Form Districts.
Craft Grower
I1, I2 and I3, and Warehouse Form District
CN, C1, CG, C2, and B1
New use. Limited to 5,000 sq. ft. in size in commercial districts and 14,000 sq. ft. for industrial districts.
May be accessory to a dispensary.
Infuser
I1, I2 and I3, and Warehouse Form District
None
New use.
May be accessory to a dispensary.
Processor
I1, I2 and I3, and Warehouse Form District
None
New use.
May be accessory to a dispensary.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request met the Findings of ...
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