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AN ORDINANCE
Granting a Special Use Permit for a Cannabis Dispensary Located at
1804 Maple Avenue in the RP Research Park District (i°VeriLife")
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals ("ZBA") met on November 19,
2019, pursuant to proper notice, to consider case no. 19ZMJV-0093, an application filed
by PharmaCann LLC (the "Applicant"), lessee of the property legally described in Exhibit
A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, commonly known as 1804
Maple Avenue (the "Subject Property') and located in the RP Research Park District, for a
Special Use Permit to establish, pursuant to Subsection 6-12-2-3 of the Evanston City
Code of 2012, as amended ("the Zoning Ordinance"), a cannabis dispensary, "VeriLife,"
on the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, the ZBA, after hearing testimony and receiving other evidence,
made a written record and written findings that the application for a Special Use Permit for
a cannabis dispensary met the standards for Special Uses in Section 6-12-2-3 of the
Zoning Ordinance and recommended City Council approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of December 9, 2019, the Planning and
Development Committee of the City Council ("P&D Committee") considered the ZBA's
record and findings and recommended the City Council accept the ZBA's
recommendation and approve the application in case no. 19ZMJV-0093; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of December 9, 2019, the City Council
considered and adopted the respective records, findings, and recommendations of the
ZBA and P&D Committee,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are found as fact and incorporated
herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby approves the Special Use Permit
for a cannabis dispensary on the Subject Property as applied for in case no. 19ZMJV-
0093.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to Subsection 6-3-5-12 of the Zoning Ordinance,
the City Council hereby imposes the following conditions on the Applicant's Special Use
Permit, violation of any of which shall constitute grounds for penalties or revocation of
said Permit pursuant to Subsections 6-3-10-5 and 6-3-10-6 of the Zoning Ordinance:
A. Compliance with Applicable Requirements: The Applicant shall develop and
use the Subject Property in substantial compliance with: all applicable legislation;
the Applicant's testimony and representations to the ZBA, the P&D Committee,
and the City Council; and the approved plans and documents and testimony on
file in this case, including those concerning crowd management and security.
B. Hours of Operation: The hours of operation of the cannabis dispensary
authorized by this ordinance may not exceed 10 A.M. to 8 P.M., seven days a
week.
C. Parking: Employees of the cannabis dispensary shall not be permitted to park
their vehicles on the street.
D. License Transfer: Medmen shall complete the State license transfer and
become the lessee of the property with the City.
E. Recordation: Before it may operate the Special Use authorized by the terms of
this ordinance, the Applicant shall record, at its cost, a certified copy of this
ordinance with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.
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SECTION 4: When necessary to effectuate the terms, conditions, and
purposes of this ordinance, "Applicant" shall be read as "Applicant's agents, assigns,
and successors in interest."
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is ruled 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.
SECTION 8: 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.
Introduced: �)2c5,nWC q , 2019 Approved:
Adopted: Dec -ewer q , 2019 / / // , , 2019
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Attest:
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Approved as to form:
Michelle L. Masoncup, Cotporation
Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Part of Lot 4 of the Church Maple Resubdivision, being a Resubdivision of part of
Dempster's Subdivision of Block 66 of the Village of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois,
part of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Right of Way (formerly Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Right of Way); part of Block 18 in the Village of Evanston; all of
Blocks 2 and 3 in the Circuit Court Subdivision in partition of Lot 22 in the County
Clerk's Division of Unsubdivided Lands; and part of vacated Clark Street and East
Railroad Avenue; being in the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of Section
18, Township 41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in the City of
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.
PIN: 11-18-117-015-0000
COMMONLY KNOWN As: 1804 Maple Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
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