Host: Ellana, LLC
Why: The applicant seeks a Special Use permit to allow for an adult-use cannabis dispensary at 2200 North Ashland (formerly Green Dolphin Street) located in a C1-1, Neighborhood Commercial District.
Location: 1740 West Webster (the Rebuilding Exchange)
When: Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at 7:00 PM
Notice of community meeting to discuss the Proposed Special Use Applications, filed by Ellana LLC, which would allow the applicant to operate an adult-use cannabis dispensary within 3,502 square feet of the existing building at 2200 North Ashland, Chicago, Illinois (“Subject Property”). The Subject Property is zoned C1-1 Neighborhood Commercial District and is in the 32nd Ward. There are NO schools located within 500 feet of the Subject Property that would prevent the Applicant from operating an adult-use (21 years or older) cannabis dispensary at the Subject Property.
The Applicant is seeking a special use from the City of Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) that would allow for the adult-use cannabis dispensary within 3,502 square feet of the existing building at the Subject Property. An application for a special use permit to allow an adult-use cannabis dispensary must be filed with the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hearing to consider the Special Use Application, notice of which will be provided at a later date. In advance of this hearing, applicants for adult-use cannabis dispensaries are required by ordinance to hold a community meeting for the purpose of explaining the proposal and answering questions on it.
In accordance with Section 17-13-0905-G of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago, please be informed that the Applicant shall hold an in-ward, in-person community meeting to discuss its proposed Special Use Application at 1740 West Webster, Chicago, Illinois 60614 (the Rebuilding Exchange). The community meeting will occur on December 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM.
You are invited to the community meeting hosted by Ellana, LLC to discuss this application and the corresponding programming for the proposed adult-use cannabis dispensary at the Subject Property, and to learn more about the Applicant and its operations. If you have any questions, please contact Tyler Manic of Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz, Attorney for Applicant, at 312-345-5706.