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Committee fast-tracks smoke-shop and window-sign rules; moves enforcement and licensing to health and finance committees
Summary
The committee advanced two emergency ordinances to restrict the location of smoke shops and limit window sign coverage, and discussed a broader package that would create a tobacco retail license, enforcement checklists and a potential cap on the number of smoke shops in the city.
The Development, Planning & Sustainability Committee amended and approved two ordinances aimed at limiting the spread and visibility of smoke shops across Cleveland.
The first ordinance (188-2025) would regulate where smoke shops may locate. The proposed zoning text would define a “smoke shop” (retail establishments where 20% or more of floor/shelf/display area sells defined smoke-related products) and would prevent new smoke shops from opening within a 2-mile radius of one another and within 500 feet of churches, public libraries, playgrounds, parks or schools. City planning presented maps showing concentrations in neighborhoods and staff said permit applications surged after the city signaled it would act.
The second ordinan…
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