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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 Cultivation Facility Use on the Property located at 2229 Diehl Road, Aurora, Illinois, 60506 (Curative Health Cultivation LLC - 14-00889 / NA07/1-14.294-Su - ES - Ward 10) (PUBLIC HEARING)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Curative Health Cultivation LLC, has applied to the State of Illinois for licenses to operate three (3) cultivation centers and five (5) dispensaries under a related name, one of each are being proposed within the City of Aurora. The cultivation center is being proposed at 2229 Diehl Road. A subsequent petition for a dispensary is at 929 N. Lake St.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned M-2. This is located adjacent to the White Oak Business Park at the southeast corner of Diehl and County Line Roads. The existing building was constructed in 2001 and is 32,480 sf. on a 2.59 acre lot. The property has 60 parking spaces and rear loading docks. The property is surrounded by other ORI type warehouse/light industrial/office developments in all directions, including McKesson to the west, and Abbey Paving to the south. 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 ant...
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