Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2014-8106

• Record #: SO2014-8106
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/8/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 12/10/2014
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 17-9-0129 regarding medical cannabis dispensing organizations and cultivation centers
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Solis, Daniel
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 9 Use Regulations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/10/2014	101210	City Council	Passed
11/19/2014	98918	City Council	Deferred and Published
11/13/2014		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Amended in Committee	Pass
10/8/2014	93423	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6(a); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government and affairs including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and

WHEREAS, in August of 2013, the State of Illinois enacted the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act (hereinafter the "Act"), which pertains to the cultivation and dispensing of medical marijuana for use in serious diseases causing chronic pain and debilitating conditions, which became effective January 1, 2014; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, the City of Chicago may enact reasonable zoning- ordinances regulating medical cannabis cultivation centers and dispensing facilities; and

WHEREAS, since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, federally regulated financial institutions generally do not provide banking services to marijuana-related businesses; and

WHEREAS, all-cash medical cannabis cultivation centers and dispensing facilities pose serious public safety concerns; and

WHEREAS, in Denver, Colorado, there were 317 burglaries and seven robberies reported at the city's more than 700 licensed marijuana stores and cultivation facilities in the last two years; and

WHEREAS, in California, medical marijuana facilities have been the targets of numerous robberies, and there have been at least three fatal shootings involving Southern California's medical marijuana industry this year; and

WHEREAS, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has acknowledged the serious public safety issues concerning marijuana businesses; and

WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the City of Chicago hereby determine that is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the city to adopt the following use regulations relating to ...