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Another cannabis company makes pitch to Yorkville, previous companies rejected by city · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Another cannabis company makes pitch to Yorkville. Previous companies rejected
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  Speaker 1: by city. Written by Joey Weslow, this article is being
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  Speaker 1: After previous bids at opening the first cannabis shop in
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville failed, a new company is giving it a go,
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  Speaker 1: touting the tax revenues it expects to generate for the city.
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  Speaker 1: The new shop, called Good Behavior, is eyeing a zero
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  Speaker 1: point nine to three acre parcel along Saravano's Drive west
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  Speaker 1: of South Bridge Street south of Stagecoach Trail. An application
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  Speaker 1: to the city for special use was filed by Kevin
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  Speaker 1: Dothio of Prairie Retail Holdings, LLC. The proposed facility would
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  Speaker 1: be about two thousand square feet and contain thirty four
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  Speaker 1: off street parking spaces, according to city documents. The city
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  Speaker 1: is discussing the proposal in a string of city meetings
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  Speaker 1: at City Hall. The first is six pm August fourth,
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  Speaker 1: before the official public hearing at seven pm September ninth.
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  Speaker 1: The proposal also is being discussed at seven pm September ninth.
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville has an excellent opportunity to increase its tax base
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  Speaker 1: for the benefit of its residents. The project applicants said
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  Speaker 1: in city documents. The city previously denied a variance request
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  Speaker 1: for a proposed cannabis shop from Progressive Treatment Solutions, who
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  Speaker 1: wanted to open a consumed cannabis. City officials and several
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  Speaker 1: public members voiced opposition to the location of the proposed shop.
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  Speaker 1: Several residents connected to Parkview Christian Academy said the proposal
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  Speaker 1: was too close to the private school. Litigation was threatened,
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  Speaker 1: arguing the location was within five hundred feet of their campus.
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  Speaker 1: City rules dictate a cannabis dispensary must be at least
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  Speaker 1: five hundred feet from the nearest school, daycare centers, residential
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  Speaker 1: care homes, and religious institutions. After being denied the variants,
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  Speaker 1: Progressive Treatment Solutions filed another application with the city, but
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  Speaker 1: it did not move forward. The second proposal was for
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  Speaker 1: a location in the Yorkville Marketplace. For the Good Behavior proposal,
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  Speaker 1: the applicants say the business site is more than five
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  Speaker 1: hundred feet from any schools or related institutions. There are
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  Speaker 1: cannabis dispensaries currently located in Oswego and Montgomery. According to
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  Speaker 1: the application, Yorkville's municipal code enables a local retail tax
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  Speaker 1: rate of three percent the gross receipts from cannabis sales
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  Speaker 1: made in the city. The company believes it can generate
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  Speaker 1: tax revenues far beyond the state average of seventeen thousand
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  Speaker 1: dollars in gross daily sales receipts. If the new business
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  Speaker 1: performed twenty thousand dollars in gross daily sales receipts, it
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  Speaker 1: would generate two hundred nineteen thousand dollars annually in sales
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  Speaker 1: taxes for Yorkville with the three percent rate. According to
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  Speaker 1: the applicants, distribution of cannabis to any people under the
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  Speaker 1: age of twenty one is prohibited in the state of Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: The company said on site consumption of its products will
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  Speaker 1: be prohibited for both customers and employees. If the company
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  Speaker 1: employees observe on site consumption by adult use customers, those
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  Speaker 1: individuals will be immediately banned, Law enforcement will be notified,
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  Speaker 1: and charges will be filed, the project applicants said in
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  Speaker 1: city documents, the company claimed its products can reduce local
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  Speaker 1: crime rates and health risks because its products are lab tested, tracked,
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  Speaker 1: and state approved, rather than products that are potentially dangerous
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  Speaker 1: For more information on the proposed cannabis dispensary, you can
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  Speaker 1: contact the city's Community Development Department at six three zero
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