The City of Belleville City Council finds:
(A) The operation of cannabis-related businesses in the city requires special regulations, limitations, restrictions and supervision in order protect the health, safety, and welfare of the patrons of such businesses, as well as the health, safety, and welfare of the city's residents. Further, protecting order and morality, preventing deterioration of the city's neighborhoods, promoting retain trade, maintaining property values and ensuring sanitary and safe public places are desirable objectives of the community and the city's leaders. This chapter bears a substantial relation to public health, safety and welfare, and promotes the long-term interests of the City of Belleville community.
(B) The City Council finds that protection of the public is best served by limiting adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations to a permittable special use restricted to one within the city, and otherwise prohibiting adult-use cannabis establishments in the city.
(C) A reasonable time, place, and manner regulation of cannabis-related businesses will provide for the protection of the community and its property values, and protect the residents of the community from the adverse effects of such cannabis-related businesses, while providing those who desire to patronize said establishments such an opportunity in areas within the city which are appropriate locations of cannabis-related businesses and land uses.
(D) Regulations set forth in this chapter are necessary to prevent the exploitation of minors, to effectively deploy the city's limited law enforcement resources, and in order to effectively protect the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the city and its citizens.
(E) The fees required in this chapter are necessary as reasonable fees imposed to help defray the costs of processing the license applications and the substantial expenses incurred by the city in regulating adult-use cannabis business establishments.
(F) It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide regulations regarding the cultivation, processing and dispensing of adult-use cannabis within the corporate limits of the city. Such facilities shall comply with all regulations provided in the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (P.A. 101-0027; 410 ILCS 705), as it may be amended from time-to-time, and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the regulations provided below. In the event that the Act is amended, the more restrictive of the state or local regulations shall apply.
(Ord. 8401-2019, passed 12-19-2019)