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Yorkville approves special use permit for city’s first ever cannabis dispensary · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Yorkville approves special use permit for City's first ever cannabis Dispensary This
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  Everlit. Yorkville City Council members voted unanimously October 13
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  to let Good Behavior Dispensary sell cannabis from a new building on
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  Saravano's Drive, clearing the way for the City
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  first cannabis shop. The approval comes after an earlier proposal from another
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  company stalled when residential connected to Parkview Christian Academy said it was
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  too close to the private school. City rules dictate a cannabis dispensary
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  must be at least 500 feet from the nearest school, daycare centers,
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  residential care homes, and religious institutions. The applicant said the Good Behavior
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  Dispensary is more than 500 feet from any schools or related institutions.
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  Good Behavior Dispensary will occupy a newly constructed building on a 0.93
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  acre parcel along Saravanos Drive, west of South Bridge Street, south of
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  Stagecoach Trail. The petitioner is Kevin Bethio on behalf of Prairie Retail
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  Holdings LLC and Potluck THC LLC. The property is owned by VDR
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  Real Estate LLC. Before the vote, the city touted the possible tax
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  revenues the business will generate. The city has a three percent municipal
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  sales tax on cannabis sales. Andrew Scott, a lawyer representing Good Behavior
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  Dispensary, said in a best case scenario the business would generate between
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  two hundred thousand dollars and three hundred thousand dollars in sales taxes
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  annually. In addition to the annual sales tax, Mayor John Purcell said
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  The property would generate about 40,000 per year in property taxes. He
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  said about two-thirds of that will go to Yorkville School District 115.
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  Good Behavior Dispensary said it
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  will sell raw cannabis buds, pre rolls, vapes, topicals, and concentrates. Available
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  edibles will include gummies, chocolates and drinks. The business said on-site consumption
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  of its products will be prohibited for both customer and employees. Distribution
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  of cannabis to any people under the age of 21 is prohibited
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  under state law. The businesses projecting it will consist of 25 to
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  30 employees including security agents, according to city documents. The proposed hours
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  are 10 a.m. To 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to
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  5 p.m. On Sundays, according to the business. The city previously denied
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  a variance request for a proposed cannabis shop from Progressive Treatment Solutions,
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  which wanted to open a consumed cannabis. Several residents connected to Parkview
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  Christian Academy said the proposal was too close to the private school.
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  Litigation was threatened, arguing the location was within 500 feet of their
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  campus. After being denied the variants, Progressive Treatment Solutions filed another application
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  with the city, but it did not move forward. The second proposal
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  was for a location in the Yorkville marketplace.