Planning commission approves recommendation to rezone 3305 Main Street to allow tobacco sales

On Sept. 2, 2025, the Moraine Planning Commission voted to approve a recommendation to rezone 3305 Main Street from R‑2 (single‑family residential) to B‑2 (general business) to permit tobacco sales, a change the applicant said was required because the building had been vacant for more than two years.

The zoning change now proceeds to a required 30‑day public notice period and will go before the Moraine City Council, which can accept or overturn the planning commission recommendation by majority vote.

Nick, planning staff, told the commission the property (lot 2152) has a long history of commercial uses and that "1945 is when it was constructed." Nick said the building’s last certificate of occupancy listed mercantile use from 2011 but that the city’s zoning code requires a land‑use update when a commercial space has been…