For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT. An adult-use cannabis cultivation center, craft grower, processing organization, infuser organization, dispensing organization or transporting organization.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS CRAFT GROWER. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure and package cannabis and perform other necessary activities to make cannabis available for sale at a dispensing organization or use at a processing organization, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to cultivate process transport and perform necessary activities to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to licensed cannabis business establishments, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from licensed cannabis business establishments 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, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS INFUSER ORGANIZATION OR INFUSER. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis-infused product per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS PROCESSING ORGANIZATION OR PROCESSOR. A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis product, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS TRANSPORTING ORGANIZATION OR TRANSPORTER. An organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to transport cannabis on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community college licensed under the Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, per the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and subsequent amendments.
ADULT-USE CANNABIS WHOLESALER. A business that sells cannabis products in large quantities at low prices, typically to retailers.
AREA ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. Means the R-1, R-2, R-3, as well as similar districts in adjacent jurisdictions.
CANNABIS. Has the meaning given that term in the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act and any subsequent amendments.
ENCLOSED, LOCKED FACILITY. A room, greenhouse, building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other security devices that permit access only by a cultivation center's or a craft grower's agents or a dispensing organization's agents working for the registered cultivation center or the registered dispensing organization to cultivate, store, and distribute cannabis as per the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act and any subsequent amendments regulations implementing same.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER, OR CULTIVATION CENTER. A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture under the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis and any subsequent amendments, to perform necessary activities to provide registered medical cannabis dispensing organization within the State of Illinois with usable medical cannabis.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER AGENT(S) AND/OR MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION AGENT(S). Shall be defined as provided in the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act and subsequent amendments.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER OR DISPENSING CENTER REGISTRATION, OR REGISTRATION. A registration issued by the Illinois Department of Agriculture for the operation of a medical cannabis cultivation center or the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the operation of a medical cannabis dispensing organization subject to the provisions of the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act and subsequent amendments.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION, OR DISPENSING ORGANIZATION, OR DISPENSARY. A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act and subsequent amendments, to acquire medical cannabis from a registered cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients.
PRE-EXISTING. Existing as of the date of submission of a petition for the zoning of a cultivation center or dispensing organization to the City of Mattoon Zoning Official.
(Ord. 2020-5431, passed 6-2-2020)