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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK AND WILL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, PLACING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF BUSINESS LICENSES AND ON THE USE OF LAND AND STRUCTURES FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTERS AND DISPENSING ORGANIZATIONS
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WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has passed Public Act 098-0122 (Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act) authorizing medical cannabis cultivation centers and dispensing organizations in the State; and
WHEREAS, Public Act 098-0122 is effective January 1, 2014, and requires that within 120 days from said effective date the Department of Public Health, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation develop rules in accordance with their responsibilities under said Act and file those rules with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; and
WHEREAS, said Public Act provides that a unit of local government may enact reasonable zoning ordinances or resolutions not in conflict with said Act or with Department of Agriculture or Department of Public Health rules, regulating registered medical cannabis cultivation centers and medical cannabis dispensing organizations; and
WHEREAS, cannabis is, under federal law, defined to be a “controlled substance” (21 U.S. Code 812) and the cultivation, distribution, possession and use thereof is a federal crime; and
WHEREAS, the Orland Park Land Development Code does not currently authorize either medical cannabis cultivation centers or dispensing organizations, and the Village Development Services Department, in consultation with the Village attorney, has identified the possible need to enact Land Development Code amendments to accommodate said uses in compliance with Public Act 098-0122 in a manner that addresses public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the Village President and Board of Trustees deems it to be in the public interest to adopt a temporary moratorium on the use ...
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