Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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An Ordinance Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on the Location, Siting and Acceptance of Permit Applications of Cannabis Business and On-Site Consumption of Cannabis Establishments in the Village of Oak Park
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Overview
Overview
This is an Ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium through May 4, 2020 on the location, siting and acceptance of permit applications of cannabis business and on-site consumption of cannabis establishments in the Village of Oak Park.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
This item has been added to the agenda pursuant to a request by the Mayor and Trustee Taglia.
Fiscal Impact
N/A.
Background
The Village Board adopted Ordinance Number 19-71 on September 16, 2019 amending Article 8, Table 8-1 of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance to add recreational cannabis establishments as a permitted use in all business and commercial zoning districts after a public hearing before the Plan Commission.
On December 10, 2019, the State of Illinois begins considering licenses for recreational cannabis establishments. While it is unclear if those applications will involve Oak Park locations, the concern without the moratorium is that the applicants maybe relying on the Village's current ordinance and pursuant to public comments on November 4, 2019 there is a request for removal of the North Avenue corridor by businesses for a change in zoning to prohibit retail cannabis sales in the corridor. Staff has anticipated this matter being presented to the Village Board for discussion in January 2020.
In Article 14 (Zoning Approvals), Section 14.1 (Zoning Text and Map Amendments) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, the ordinance allows several entities, including the Village Zoning Administrator to initiation a zoning ordinance text amendment regarding recreational cannabis retail sales establishments and lounges. Therefore during the mor...
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