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Council splits on vape-shop requests: Copley Road store approved, East Tallmadge request denied
Summary
After heated public comment, Akron—s council approved a conditional use for a vape shop at 1328 Copley Road (11-1) and issued an adverse report blocking a separate request at 1252 East Tallmadge Avenue; planning staff and commission had raised concerns about clustering and community impacts and recommended disapproval in at least one case.
Akron City Council on July 14 took divergent actions on two conditional-use requests to operate vape shops in the city, approving one on Copley Road and denying another on East Tallmadge Avenue after public testimony and discussion about public health and neighborhood impacts.
For 1328 Copley Road, planning staff reported concerns that vape shops can be intrusive to nearby budding residential areas and that the use could encourage unhealthy activities; nevertheless the petitioner, Chloe Britton, who said she plans to operate a smoke-and-vape retail shop (not a marijuana dispensary) and is an incoming law student at the University of Akron School of Law, described business operations, local hiring of four employees and community fundraising work. Planning staff and the…
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