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AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City Code Relating to Regulation of Cannabis Use
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: City Code Section 6-4-11, "Special Regulations Pertaining to
Cannabis Related Uses", of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby
amended as follows:
6-4-11. SPECIAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CANNABIS RELATED USES.
6-4-11-1. Purpose and Applicability: The purpose of this Section 64-11 is to ensure
new cannabis related uses are integrated with surrounding uses and are compatible in
character with the surrounding neighborhood or area of the zoning district in which they
are located. F
6-4-11-2. Certificate of Zoning Compliance: A certificate 'of zoning compliance is
required prior to any cannabis related use being established.
6-4-11-3. Cannabis Dispensaries
(A) Special Uses: The approval for cannabis dispensary businesses shall only be
allowed as a Special Use in RP, D1, D2, D3, D4, C1a, C1, C2, 131a, B2, B3,
and 01 Zoning Districts as well as the oDM, oCSC and off Zoning Overlay
Districts. Cannabis dispensaries shall be prohibited in all R, B1, M, T, U, I,
WE1 and OS zoning districts as well as within any dwelling unit or rooming
unit.
(B) Distance Requirement: Any cannabis dispensary shall not be located within
one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of another cannabis dispensary or)
five hundred (500) feet of a pre-existing public or private educational
institution that is an elementary, middle, or high school, as measured from lot
line to lot line.
(C) Distance Requirement Measurement: The distance requirement shall be
measured from the nearest property lines of each property the cannabis
dispensary is located on.
(D) Hours of Operation: Cannabis Dispensaries shall only be permitted to
operate between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. seven days out of the
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week.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable 23-0-20 shall be in full force and effect after
its passage and approval.
SECTION 4: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima
facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by
the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
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Approved as to form:
Nicholas Cummings, Depu ity Attorney
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