(A) By separate ordinance, the City Council may set a limitation upon the number of licenses to sell cannabis at retail. As licenses are revoked, expire without renewal, or for any reason cease to exist, the total number of licenses for each classification shall automatically be reduced until the total number of licenses issued for each class shall not exceed the number authorized by the City Council.
(B) By separate resolution, the City Council may authorize the Cannabis Commissioner to issue a license to sell cannabis at retail to a licensee, but only if City Council has determined a license may be awarded pursuant to State of Illinois law and all of the requirements, rules and regulations of this chapter.
(C) All potential licensees shall apply for and must receive a special use permit from the city for any location where the potential licensee proposes to sell cannabis at retail. The special use permit must be reviewed by the City Combined Planning and Zoning Board and approved by the City Council. Special Use permits shall only be considered for areas zoned as follows:
(1) Use permitted as a special use (SUP): B-2, B-3, B-4, I-1;
(2) Use permitted as a planned use (PUD): B-3.
(D) The following limits are established on the number of licenses to sell cannabis at retail in the city:
(1) Class A: 1.
(Ord. 1842, passed 2-4-2020)