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Aldermen agree to seek ordinance limiting smoke shops to five citywide
Summary
The License and Franchise Committee directed city attorneys to draft an ordinance defining "smoke shop" and capping the number in city limits at five, with current shops to be grandfathered; questions remain about convenience-store exceptions and enforcement mechanisms.
KANKAKEE, Ill. — Kankakee aldermen discussed and directed staff to draft an ordinance that would limit the number of dedicated tobacco or "smoke shop" retailers within the city to five, while grandfathering existing authorized shops.
The committee raised several implementation questions, including how to define a smoke shop, whether convenience stores and pharmacies selling tobacco should be treated differently, and whether a percentage-of-sales threshold should distinguish convenience stores from dedicated smoke…
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