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Kankakee aldermen discuss capping standalone smoke shops at five, requiring tobacco licenses for retailers
Summary
Aldermen discussed a plan to cap standalone smoke shops at five in Kankakee, require licenses for businesses that sell tobacco, and keep a moratorium in place while staff compiles data on existing shops.
Kankakee City aldermen discussed a proposal to limit the number of standalone smoke shops in the city to five and to require all retailers that sell tobacco products to obtain a city license.
The council members said the cap is modeled on a population-based approach used elsewhere—one shop per 5,000 residents—and noted the city currently appears to have more standalone smoke shops than that calculation would allow. Members cited an informal count and a planning department estimate that there are nine standalone smoke shops in Kankakee.
Aldermen said the proposal would distinguish between “standalone” smoke…
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