East Dubuque City Council members on Monday got their first look at plans for a new cannabis dispensary proposed for a formerly condemned property in downtown East Dubuque. UHCC Inc., based in Portland, Oregon, recently submitted an application for a conditional use permit to construct an adult-use cannabis dispensary on Sinsinawa Avenue. Council members viewed the application but did not discuss it at their meeting Monday. The request will go before the city’s zoning board at its meeting on July 11th. Last summer, UHCC Inc. received a license to operate an adult-use cannabis dispensary in the northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan district, which includes East Dubuque. City Council members voted in December to approve an amended ordinance reducing the minimum distance between licensed dispensaries from 15,000 feet to 5,000 feet.
