(A) Location. No cultivation center shall be located within 2,500 feet of the property line of a preexisting public or private pre-school, elementary or secondary school, or day care center, day care home, group day care home, part day care facility, or an area zoned for residential use. Distances shall be measured linearly, and shall be the shortest distance between the closest points of the property lines of the places. This requirement shall not be subject to variance. If a boundary line measured touches upon any portion of a parcel or lot, the parcel or lot shall be within the area being identified by the Zoning Administrator.
(B) Setback from other cultivation centers and dispensaries. No cultivation center may be located within 1,000 feet of another cultivation center or a dispensary, absent demonstration of a variance provided by the Illinois Department of Agriculture or the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The setback shall be measured from property line to property line. Distances shall be measured linearly, and shall be the shortest distance between the closest points of the property lines of the places. This requirement shall not be subject to variance. If a boundary line measured touches upon any portion of a parcel or lot, the parcel or lot shall be within the area being identified by the Zoning Administrator.
(C) Perimeter setbacks of structures on a site. Unless otherwise limited under this chapter, the perimeter setback for a cultivation center shall be the same as that of the zoning district in which it is located.
(D) Minimum yard requirements. Unless otherwise limited under this chapter, cultivation centers must meet the requirements for the zoning district in which they are located.
(E) Parking. Cultivation centers shall, at a minimum, have five visitor parking spaces and one parking space per employee per shift. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the parking area shall meet all requirements for off-street parking and loading applicable to the zoning district in which it is located. Parking areas and the entire exterior of the cultivation center shall be well lit and monitored by video surveillance equipment whose live images can be viewed by cultivation center staff, Police Department staff, and those entities that dispatch for the Police Department, and continually recorded in a tamper-proof format.
(F) Exterior signage.
(1) Other than the signs as specified in divisions (H)(3) and (4) of this section, all signage shall be limited to one flat wall sign, not to exceed 25 square feet in area, and one identification sign, not to exceed two square feet in area. The identification sign may only include the cultivation center address. Signage shall not be directly illuminated.
(2) Electronic message boards and temporary signs are not permitted.
(3) Signs shall not include any realistic or stylized graphical representation of drug paraphernalia, or cartoonish imagery oriented toward youth.
(G) Age and access limitations. It shall be unlawful for any cultivation center to allow any person who is not at least 21 years of age on the premises. Cultivation centers shall not employ anyone under the age of 21 years. Access shall be limited exclusively to cultivation center staff, local and state officials, and those specifically authorized under 410 ILCS 130/1 et seq., and any subsequent implementing regulations.
(H) Security and video surveillance.
(1) The cultivation center shall be an enclosed, locked facility, and shall provide and maintain adequate security on the premises, including lighting, video surveillance and alarms reasonably designed to ensure the safety of persons and to protect the premises from theft. The facility shall be enclosed by a minimum-eight-foot-high, solid security fence. The fence must be adequately secured to prevent unauthorized entry, and include gates tied to an access control system.
(2) The cultivation center parking area, cultivation, production, warehousing areas and shipping bays, and the entire exterior of the cultivation center shall be monitored by video surveillance equipment whose live images can be viewed by cultivation center staff, Police Department staff, and those entities that dispatch for the Police Department, and continually recorded in a tamper-proof format.
(3) A sign shall be posted in a prominent location at each entrance to the facility, reading: “These premises are under constant video surveillance.”
(4) A sign shall be posted in a conspicuous location at each entrance to the facility, reading: “Persons under 21 years of age not permitted on these premises.”
(5) The Zoning Administrator shall review the adequacy of the lighting, the security and the video surveillance installations with assistance from the Police Chief.
(6) The loading of product shall occur within secure, enclosed shipping bays, and shall not be visible from the exterior of the building.
(7) Immediately upon discovery, a cannabis-cultivation center shall report all criminal activities to all appropriate law enforcement agencies.
(I) Noxious odors. Cultivation centers shall operate in a manner that prevents odor impacts on neighboring properties and, if necessary, the facility shall be ventilated with a system for odor control approved by the County Department of Public Health.
(J) Conduct on site. It shall be unlawful to engage in the retail sale of cannabis or cannabis-infused products at or on the site of a cultivation center. It shall also be unlawful to cultivate, manufacture, process or package any product, other than cannabis and cannabis-infused products, at a cultivation center.
(Ord. 1872, passed 11-4-2019)