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Colony staff seek direction on zoning changes for smoking lounges and vaping rooms
Summary
City planning staff asked councilmembers whether to require special‑use permits, separation distances, and floor‑area thresholds for standalone smoking lounges and smoking rooms after staff reported rising interest and inconsistent treatment under the zoning and smoking ordinances.
City planning staff asked the Colony City Council for direction on draft amendments to Appendix A, Section 10‑100 of the zoning ordinance to define and regulate smoking lounges, smoking rooms and similar uses, citing growing interest and inconsistent existing rules.
Isaac, a planning staff member, said the city’s zoning code lacks clear standalone definitions for smoking lounges and rooms and that staff has been handling many inquiries by trying to shoehorn those activities under secondary uses or through the city’s smoking ordinance (Chapter 6). “We are coming to the council to get…
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