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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 929 N. Lake Street, Aurora, Illinois, 60506 (Curative Health LLC - 14-00888 / AU15/1-14.275-Su - ES - Ward 6) (PUBLIC HEARING)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Curative Health LLC, 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 each are being proposed within the City of Aurora. The dispensary is being proposed at 929 N. Lake Street. A subsequent petition for a cultivation center is at 2229 Diehl Road.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned B-3 (Parcel 1) and M-1 (Parcel 2). The property is located along the Lake Street commercial corridor, directly across the street from Carson's. To the north and south is mixed use commercial and to the east down the hill is an industrial use. There are three buildings on the property. The front building is proposed for the dispensary. The two rear buildings have no specific use identified at this time. 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 ap...
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