Waukegan, IL Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

08 rather than being allowed by right, and it is absent from every residential district and most other business districts. 02-1 confines to the R/LI District as manufacturing uses. UDO Sec. a sets the minimum spacing standard shared by all six cannabis business types: none may locate within 1,000 feet of a lot zoned or used for residential purposes, or of any residential care facility, licensed childcare facility, library, school, college, university, or public park, though that buffer shrinks to 250 feet if a major state roadway separates the cannabis use from the residential lot.

Sec. b bans on-site consumption of cannabis products outright. Sec. c requires security measures, personnel, controlled access, vault storage, exterior lighting, cameras, and/or fencing, meeting or exceeding state requirements, while Sec. d bars cannabis imagery, leaves, plants, smoke, or paraphernalia on exterior signage and requires the building's exterior to match surrounding commercial or industrial structures. Sec. e permits multiple cannabis business types to co-locate on one zoning lot if each is separately state-licensed and separately holds its own conditional use permit.