MACHESNEY PARK — Village officials are considering a measure that could clear a path for a cannabis dispensary to operate inside the former Illinois Bank & Trust building on West Lane Road.
The board is slated to give an initial reading Monday night to an ordinance that would allow for a dispensary in the building at 1515 West Lane Road. Trustees must grant a variance from village rules, which require a dispensary to be at least 250 feet from residential property, in order for a dispensary to use the space. The property is on the other side of Kimber Drive from multifamily residences.
Village Administrator James Richter II said officials don’t yet know who the operator of the dispensary would be. First Midwest Group, the real estate firm that owns the building, said it’s not able to discuss plans for the property at this time…