Mount Prospect, IL Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Distance from schools and houses of worship
- 100 feet from the property line
- Distance from a hospital
- 100 feet from the property line
- Distance from another cannabis business
- 1,500 feet from the property line
- Business types covered in I-1
- Six, from craft grower to transporting organization
- Parks in the buffer list
- Not named
- Governing sections
- Village Code 14.2104 F.3 and 14.1704 E.3
Summary
In the Village of Mount Prospect, a cannabis dispensing organization must stay 100 feet from the property line of a pre-existing school, house of worship or hospital, and 1,500 feet from the property line of another cannabis business establishment. The same two distances apply to the other cannabis business types listed in the industrial district rules.
... 3. Cannabis: ... ... c. Cannabis Dispensing Organization: ... In those zoning districts in which a Cannabis Dispensing Organization may be located, the proposed facility must comply with the following: (1) Facility may not be located within 100 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private or parochial school, primary or secondary school, churches, synagogues, mosques, or other houses of worship, or hospital. Learning centers and vocational/trade centers shall not be classified as a public or private school for purposes of this Section. (2) Facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Act. (3) Facility may not be located within 1,500 feet of the property line of another Cannabis Business Establishment.
Full Breakdown
The Village of Mount Prospect writes cannabis separation distances into its zoning code. Under Section 14.2104 F.3, which sits in the I-1 limited industrial district's restrictions on industrial uses, a Cannabis Dispensing Organization may not be located within 100 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private or parochial school, primary or secondary school, church, synagogue, mosque or other house of worship, or hospital. It also may not be located within 1,500 feet of the property line of another Cannabis Business Establishment. Learning centers and vocational or trade centers are not classified as a public or private school for this purpose.
The protected list is short and specific: schools, houses of worship and hospitals. The sections read name no park, playground or daycare, so a distance from a park is not part of the Village standard as printed.
The same 100 foot and 1,500 foot tests are repeated in Section 14.2104 F.3 for the craft grower, cultivation center, infuser organization, processing organization and transporting organization. A transporting organization must also be the sole use of its tenant space, and craft growers and cultivation centers carry maximum and minimum building square footage set by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, 410 ILCS 705/1 et seq.
Dispensaries in the B-3 community shopping district get a parallel rule in Section 14.1704 E.3: 100 feet from the same list of protected uses and 1,500 feet from another Cannabis Business Establishment. That section adds a co-location path, under which the Village can approve a dispensary together with a craft grower center or an infuser organization, or both, subject to the Act and the Conditional Use criteria, with the co-located establishments as the sole use of the tenant space. It also lets a medical cannabis dispensing organization that was lawfully operating in the B-3 district on the enactment date operate as a dispensing organization at the same location as a permitted use.
Violations & Fines
Neither section prints a fine. A dispensary or other cannabis facility proposed inside the 100 foot or 1,500 foot distances fails the standard, because the code bars a facility from that location. Section 14.1704 E.3.c also ties dispensaries to full compliance with the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, the zoning chapter and Chapter 11, Article XLI of the Village Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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