It& #39;s the third Friday of the month, which means the Zoning Board of Appeals is meeting now! Two cannabis-related items are on the agenda:
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This is the first ZBA meeting presided over by new chair Timothy Knudsen. Knudsen said during his confirmation hearing this month that he& #39;d try to avoid repetitive testimony that& #39;s pushed meetings late into the night. (The Sept. meeting went 14 hrs, Aug meeting went 17 hrs)
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. @Dispensary33 is on the agenda today for its application to open a dispensary at 1152 W Randolph. D33 is in a race with @NuEraCannabis, which last year got ZBA approval to open across the street. State law prohibits clustering of dispensaries.
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If either D33 or NuEra gets a license from @IDFPR, it& #39;ll foil the other& #39;s plan. But some recent precedent suggests both could end up opening. @moderncann and @crescolabs were in a similar war this spring, and they were both licensed on the *same day*
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Also today: Jeff Rudnick is applying to open a cannabis grow site at 5851 W. Dickens Ave. in Belmont Cragin. If approved, it will likely be the first grower to legally open in Chicago.
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