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Cincinnati council adopts ordinance limiting hours for hookah and other smoking establishments
Summary
City Council passed an ordinance creating a new section in the municipal code to set operating hours for hookah and other smoking establishments after residents and business groups said late‑night activity on Ludlow Avenue has produced violent incidents and neighborhood disruption.
City Council on first reading approved an ordinance creating a new section of the municipal code to regulate operating hours for hookah and other smoking establishments, a measure sponsor Council member Mark Jeffries said is intended to reduce late‑night disorder in affected neighborhoods.
Residents and local business leaders told the council during the citizens’ forum that hookah cafés in Clifton have become the focal point of “street takeovers” and related public‑safety problems in the early morning hours. Ben Pantoha, president of Clifton Town Meeting, said the activity has included fights that blocked…
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