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Council enacts ordinance regulating retail tobacco and vapor stores
Summary
On third reading Aug. 4, Mayfield Heights adopted a new ordinance regulating retail tobacco and vapor stores: it sets definitions, location restrictions, sales limitations and penalties and reflects minor clarifications requested by the planning commission and council.
Mayfield Heights council on Aug. 4 enacted ordinance 2025-25, adding a section to the city code that regulates retail tobacco and vapor stores.
The ordinance (third reading) implements the planning commission's recommendation and includes definitions, location requirements, limitations on sales and penalty language. Council amended the draft during third reading to add a formal definition for "operator" and to specify that a violation may be enforced against any responsible party, not only the operator.
Councilmember Schmidlin and city staff said the changes were minor clarifications requested by the planning commission and that the commission had approved the version sent to council at its June 16 meeting. The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote.
The ordinance text is included in the packet; businesses and enforcement staff will have the text and the planning commission file to review for implementation and zoning enforcement.
Speakers in the meeting noted the ordinance's planning-commission approval and the two clarifying edits adopted by council.
