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Commission recommends variance to allow cannabis dispensary within 250‑foot residential buffer
Summary
Commissioners forwarded a variance to allow a cannabis dispensary at the former Illinois Bank and Trust site on Route 173 despite the village requirement that cannabis businesses be 250 feet from residential uses; staff recommended approval because the site is in a commercial corridor and the building‑to‑building distance exceeds 250 feet.
The Machesney Park Planning and Zoning Commission voted May 27 to forward Ordinance 21‑25, a variance from the village’s 250‑foot distance requirement between cannabis business establishments and residential uses, for a proposed dispensary at the former Illinois Bank and Trust Southwest building at the intersection of Route 173 and Continental.
Carrie, a planning staff member, explained the village’s local requirement that cannabis business establishments be…
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