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South Beloit imposes six-month moratorium on new tobacco licenses while city reviews classifications
Summary
Council approved a temporary six-month moratorium to review tobacco business licenses and clarify distinctions between primary tobacco shops and multi-product convenience outlets before issuing or renewing licenses.
The South Beloit City Council on Sept. 15 approved a six-month moratorium on issuing or renewing primary tobacco business licenses to give staff time to review current business licenses and ensure that establishments selling tobacco are properly classified.
City staff said the moratorium is intended to allow a review of whether businesses that primarily sell tobacco are correctly licensed distinct from convenience stores or restaurants that also sell tobacco products. Staff described the moratorium as temporary and aimed at ensuring license accuracy before the city distributes business license renewals.
Council members noted the city already limits the number of primary tobacco business licenses. A staff member said the city currently has a limit of six such licenses and, at the time of the meeting, only two businesses qualified as primary tobacco sellers. No changes to that numerical limit were proposed at the meeting.
The vote to enact the moratorium was recorded as part of the council's Sept. 15 meeting business; the ordinance was referred to as Ordinance 28-66.
