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Council lifts one-year moratorium on new business licenses for state-regulated vape shops in Design Review Overlay District
Summary
By resolution R-536-24 the council removed state-regulated vape shops from a one-year moratorium on new business licenses inside the Design Review Overlay District after the Alabama Legislature enacted new regulations governing vape shop operations.
The Gadsden City Council adopted Resolution R-536-24 to remove state-regulated vape shops from a one-year moratorium on issuance of new business licenses within the city’s Design Review Overlay District. The moratorium, which the resolution said was originally authorized to last one year and is set to expire in September, had previously included vape shops among the businesses restricted from receiving new licenses in that overlay district.
Council members explained that the Alabama Legislature subsequently enacted statewide regulations governing vape shop operations, and the city concluded local location restrictions for vape shops in the Design Review Overlay District were “unnecessary at this time.” The adoption of the resolution removes the local moratorium’s prohibition on state-regulated vape shops in that specified overlay district.
Council voted to adopt the resolution during the meeting; the clerk recorded the ayes and the motion carried. The transcript did not record additional ordinance language or immediate licensing decisions; staff follow-up on licensing procedures was not captured in the public remarks recorded in the meeting.
