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Recreational Cannabis Information
- Relating to Adult-use Cannabis - Ordinance No. G63-19
- Cannabis Business Establishments - Ordinance No. G65-19
- Municipal Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax - Ordinance No. G64-19
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers craft grower licenses and provides the license application.
Zoning: Craft growers may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for conditional use, please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture has processed Early Approval Adult Use Cultivation Center licenses, which apply to existing medical cultivation centers seeking authority to cultivate for recreational purposes. For more information on subsequent cultivation licenses please call the Department at 217.782.2172.
Zoning: Cultivation centers may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for conditional use, please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use Application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation regulates dispensary licenses and more information on the agency’s licensure process can be found here.
Zoning: Dispensing organizations may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for “conditional use," please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use Application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline. In addition to all state-imposed minimum distance limits, a dispensing organization shall not be located within two hundred fifty feet (250’) of the property line of a pre-existing public or private preschool or elementary or secondary school or daycare center, daycare home, group daycare home, part day childcare facility, college, or university, or a publicly owned or operated park or forest preserve.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers infuser licenses and provides the license application.
Zoning: Infuser organizations may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for conditional use, please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use Application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers processor licenses and provides the license application.
Zoning: Processing organizations may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for conditional use, please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use Application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers transporting organization licenses and provides the license application.
Zoning: Transporting organizations may be allowed as a conditional use by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. For more information on applying for conditional use, please contact the Community Development Department at 847-931-5920. Staff can provide a Conditional Use Application packet and verify the proposed location of the business qualifies for the proposed cannabis business and will explain the conditional use approval process and timeline.
Licensure: The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers testing facility licenses and provides the license application.
Zoning
The following types of cannabis business may be allowed as a conditional use in the NB, AB, CC1, and CC2 districts:
- Adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations
- Medical cannabis dispensing organizations
The following types of cannabis business may be allowed as a conditional use in the GI, ORI, and CI districts:
- Adult-use cannabis cultivation center
- Adult-use cannabis craft grower
- Adult-use cannabis processing organization
- Adult-use cannabis infuser organization
- Adult-use cannabis transportation organization
Cannabis testing facilities are only allowed as a permitted use in the GI, ORI, and CI districts.
Districts
- NB District - Neighborhood Business
- AB - Area Business
- CC1 - Center City 1
- CC2 - Center City 2
- GI - General Industrial
- ORI - Office Research Industrial
- CI - Commercial Industrial
For the official City of Elgin Zoning Map, click here.
Recreational Cannabis FAQs
Is a license required to operate a cannabis establishment in Illinois?
Yes. The Illinois Office of Cannabis Control shall issue licenses for all dispensing organizations. Dispensing organizations are defined as a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from a cultivation center, craft grower, processing organization or another dispensary for the purpose of selling or dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia or related supplies to purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis patients and caregivers.
An Illinois state business license is required to register annually with the City of Elgin. There is no charge for registration. A business license from Elgin is also required.
- Application;
- Application fee;
- Legal description of the property in Microsoft Word Format;
- Consent and Disclosure (varies based on who the applicant and property owner is. Please Contact Community Development Department at 847.931.5920 for more information specific to your application).
- Plat of Survey;
- Development plans (including but not limited to: site plan, landscape plan, floor plans, elevations, outdoor lighting plan, signage plan, etc., as applicable)
- Statement of Purpose and Conformance (businesses operations narrative, which also addresses standards for approval of conditional uses);
- A complete copy of all applications and plans submitted for required state licenses;
- An inventory control plan;
- A floor plan;
- A plan for the removal, recycling, disposal, and/or destruction of cannabis waste;
- A security and outdoor lighting plan. The Elgin Police Department shall review the items required by this subsection and forward its recommendation regarding same to the Planning & Zoning Commission prior to the public hearing for the conditional use.; and
- An odor control plan, if applicable.
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Community Development
Physical Address
150 Dexter Court
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone: 847-931-5920Fax: 847-931-6790