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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: March 4, 2022
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Granting a Conditional Use Permit for a Cannabis Dispensing Facility (2115) Use on the Property located at 35 N. Broadway (WAH Group, LLC d/b/a Leafing Life Dispensary - 22-0045 / AU22/3-22.011-CU - TV - WARD 2)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, WAH Group, LLC d/b/a Leafing Life Dispensary, is requesting approval of a Conditional Use for a Cannabis Dispensing Facility (2115) use on property located at 35 N. Broadway.
BACKGROUND:
On June 25, 2019, the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (P.A.101-0027), was signed into law by the State of Illinois, effective January 1, 2020. The Act legalizes the purchase, possession and private use of cannabis by adults 21 years of age or older for recreational use. The majority of the law pertains to the sales, processing, distribution, taxes and eligible users of cannabis. Subsequently, the Aurora City Council passed Ordinance Number O19-072 on October 22, 2019, requiring a Conditional Use permit for qualifying Cannabis Dispensing Facilities with the Conditional Use Permit being permissible in the B-2, B-3, DC, ORI, M-1, and M-2 Districts and business area of PDD.
The Subject Property is located at 35 N. Broadway and currently the PME School of Cake Decorating & Confectionary Art with DC Downtown Core District zoning. In April of 2020, a Special Use (now referred to as Conditional Use) was approved on this property for a cannabis dispensing facility. There were two extensions approved in late 2020 and early 2021, granting additional time for compliance of the Conditional Use for a cannabis dispensing facility due to the Covid-19 pandemic which suspended the cannabis dispensing licensing. The then petitioner failed to receive a license and did not request a third extension in time, therefore, the Conditional Use was terminated as of October 28, 2021.
The Petitioner, WAH Group, LLC, is requesting approval of a new Con...
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