Macon County, IL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

300 of the Macon County Code, under the CANNABIS BUSINESSES heading of the zoning chapter, prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations from locating, operating, or being owned, allowed, or assisted anywhere in unincorporated Macon County. There is no zoning pathway around it: the section names the dispensing organization specifically as a prohibited use, meaning it cannot be sited in the A1 agricultural district, the residential districts, or the B1 through B3 business districts that otherwise host commercial uses. The County Board first adopted the opt-out with Ord.

O-136-01-20, passed January 9, 2020, shortly after the state's Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act took effect, and has passed a fresh ordinance essentially every year since to keep it current: Ord. O-137-01-21 (2021), Ord. O-139-01-22 (2022), and Ord. O-143-01-23 (2023). 301 declares that operating a prohibited cannabis business establishment in unincorporated Macon County is a public nuisance, abatable through all available remedies, not just a zoning citation. This is a county-only rule: it governs only unincorporated Macon County, so it says nothing about whether Decatur, Forsyth, Mt. Zion, or the county's other municipalities allow dispensaries within their own limits, since each sets its own local rule.