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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tracey M. Vacek, Senior Planner
DATE: December 4, 2020
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance amending O20-045 granting additional time for compliance of the Special Use for a Cannabis Dispensing Facility (2115) at 1415 Corporate Boulevard that was granted on July 28, 2020
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Ordinance is to grant additional time for compliance of the Special Use.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora granted NuMed Partners, LLC, a special use permit for a cannabis dispensing facility at 1415 Corporate Boulevard by Ordinance O20-011 on January 28, 2020, that contained conditions. Specifically, the ordinance granting the special use permit states:
The Special Use permit shall terminate and the classification of the PDD Planned Development District shall be in full force and effect without further action by the City Council if said property 1) fails to obtain conditional registration license for Cannabis Dispensing Facility by the State, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the authorization of the permit, or 2) fails to commence its use as a Cannabis Dispensing Facility within one (1) year of the authorization of the permit, or 3) ceases its use as a Cannabis Dispensing Facility for a period greater than thirty (30) days
Due to the shutdowns caused by COVID-19, the state has delayed the deadline for issuing the cannabis dispensing licenses.
The Special Use was then amended by Ordinance O20-045 on July 28, 2020 granting additional time for compliance of the Special Use. Specifically, it granted an additional six months to obtain conditional registration license for cannabis dispensing facility by the State, being December 31, 2020, and granted an additional year to commence its use as a cannabis dispensing facility, being July 28, 2021.
A few months ago, the State delayed awarding licenses again to give applicants a second chance at qualifying following complaints about the scoring process. Governor Pritzker has decli...
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