Aurora, IL Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- School buffer
- 750 feet
- Other-dispensary buffer
- 1.5 miles
- Permitted zone
- B-B Business-Boulevard District only
- Operating hours cap
- 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Summary
Cannabis dispensaries in Aurora must sit at least 750 feet from any school and 1.5 miles from another dispensary, and are permitted only in the B-B Business-Boulevard zoning district.
The Cannabis Dispensing Facility is not located within one and one half (1 1/2) miles of a pre-existing cannabis dispensing facility within the City's corporate limits... The Cannabis Dispensing Facility is not located within seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of a grade school, middle school, alternative school or high school existing at the time the permitted use authorized by this subsection (d)(5)a is first established.
Full Breakdown
Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-108.6(d)(5)a confines Cannabis Dispensing Facilities to the B-B Business-Boulevard District and layers on locational buffers: no closer than 750 feet to a grade, middle, alternative or high school existing when the dispensary is established, and no closer than one and one-half miles to another pre-existing dispensary within the city's corporate limits, both measured property line to property line. Dispensaries must also front a U.S. or Illinois-numbered highway, cannot sit adjacent to a licensed day care facility, and may not display cannabis or paraphernalia visible from outside. Operating hours are capped at 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Violations & Fines
Siting or operating a dispensary outside the required buffer distances, outside B-B zoning, or beyond the 8 a.m.-to-10 p.m. hours violates § 49-108.6(d)(5)a and can void the conditional zoning approval.
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