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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: November 6, 2014
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit for a Medical Cannabis Dispensing Facility Use on the Property located at 1271 N. Lake St, Aurora, Illinois, 60506 (Harborside Illinois Grown Medicine, Inc. - 14-00890 / AU10/3-14.287-Su - ES - Ward 6) (PUBLIC HEARING)
PURPOSE:
Harborside Illinois Grown Medicine, Inc., has applied to the State of Illinois for licenses to operate three (3) cultivation centers under a related name, and five (5) dispensaries, one of which is being proposed in the City of Aurora at 1271 N. Lake Street.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned B-3. The property is located along the Lake Street commercial corridor, directly across the street from the Aurora Commons Shopping Center. To the north is a parking lot and then an auto service facility. To the south is a retail center, and to the east is vacant commercial property and the Fox River. There is currently a 6,228 square foot vacant restaurant building on the property proposed to be remodeled for this use that was built in 1995. On May 17, 2013, Illinois approved the "Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act" effective January 1, 2014. Under the Act, qualifying patients that have been diagnosed by a physician as having a medical condition as defined in the Act, are authorized to use cannabis for the medical use. Subsequently, the Aurora City Council passed Ordinance Number O14-042 on July 22, 2014, requiring a Special Use permit for qualifying Medical Cannabis Dispensing Facilities with the Special Use Permit being permissible in the B-2, B-3, ORI, M-1, and M-2 Districts, and qualifying Medical Cannabis Cultivation Facilities with the Special Use Permit being permissible in the ORI, M-1, and M-2 Districts, as defined.
DISCUSSION:
The State of Illinois is anticipated to make a decision on awarding the applicable licenses for dispensaries or cultiva...
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