Normal is considering adjusting its rules about where cannabis dispensaries can operate in the town.
On Wednesday, the town council will discuss a proposal to widen buffers around schools, daycares, churches and some residential zoning. The proposal also would tighten the state’s 1,500-foot separation rule for dispensaries.
The council usually meets the first and third Mondays of the month on the fourth floor of Uptown Station. But because of the Fourth of July holiday, the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
If the council opts to initiate the process for considering a zoning code amendment, an Aug. 10 public hearing would be held prior to a meeting of the Normal Planning Commission.
The earliest the Normal Town Council would vote on the proposed changes would be Aug. 21.
The proposal follows a June 5 council work session, held to consider public concerns raised this spring as Normal issued permits for its second and third dispensaries.
The changes would double to 200 feet the space between dispensaries and schools, day care centers and churches. It also adds language to a state rule requiring 1,500 feet of separation between dispensaries.
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