# Amendment of Municipal Code Section 17-9-0129 allowing lawful cannabis dispensaries to modify to include medical cannabis without triggering Section 17-9-0129.1

Clerk's short name: Same-site medical authorization

- Record number: **O2026-0028463**
- Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
- Status: In Committee
- Sponsor: [Bennett R. Lawson](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/44) (44th Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/zoning-landmarks-and-building-standards)
- Submitted Date: Sep 17, 2026
- Introduction Date: Sep 23, 2026
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=EF405022-D6B2-F111-AAAC-001DD80B58E5)

## Impact report

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This ordinance would let a legally established adult use cannabis dispensary add medical cannabis sales without going through the extra zoning review in Section 17-9-0129.1, as long as it does not physically expand.

**Who it affects**

- **Adult use cannabis dispensary owners**: They could add medical cannabis dispensary use to their existing business without triggering the Section 17-9-0129.1 requirements.
- **Medical cannabis patients**: Existing adult use dispensaries would be allowed to add medical cannabis dispensary operations at the same site.
- **Dispensaries planning to grow**: Any physical expansion of the use, buildings, or zoning lot would still require a special use approval or a type one planned development, as applicable.

**What changes**

- A lawfully established adult use cannabis dispensary could change its operations to also serve as a medical cannabis dispensary.
- Adding medical use alone would not trigger the Section 17-9-0129.1 planned development requirements.
- Physically expanding the use, structures, or zoning lot would still trigger special use rules (Section 17-13-0910) or type one planned development rules (Section 17-9-0129.1), as applicable.

**Where**: 44th Ward

**When**: Upon its passage and approval

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