CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Provide direction regarding amendments to Title 6 (Zoning Ordinance) pertaining to cannabis facilities other than dispensaries and medical cultivation facilities
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director and Pat Lord, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
This agenda item is submitted in response to City Council's recommendation that amendments be considered to Title 6 (Zoning Ordinance) to allow one or more cannabis businesses in addition to the cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis cultivation centers already allowed under the Municipal Code. Upon Council direction, the proposed amendments will be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) at a future public hearing. The purpose of this agenda item is to discuss which additional cannabis businesses for which the City Council would like the PZC to consider zoning requirements. This item was originally scheduled for the December 1, 2020 City Council meeting but was continued to January 5, 2021 due to the large number of items. The information below has been updated since the December 1, 2020 submission.
BACKGROUND:
On August 18, 2020, the City Council passed Ordinance 20-088 amending various chapters of Title 6 permitting dispensaries and medical cultivation centers. The ordinance prohibited all other cannabis business types including craft growers, processing organizations, transporting organizations, infuser organizations, and adult-use cultivation centers.
Since passage of Ordinance 20-088, certain prohibited cannabis businesses have expressed interest in locating facilities within the City of Naperville. In order for these businesses to be permitted, Title 6 would need to be amended to remove the prohibition as well as establish zoning requirements that would regulate the uses.
Under New Business at its November 17, 2020 meeting, the City Council d...
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