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Council committee advances ordinance to restrict marijuana and vaping ads near schools, parks and youth sites
Summary
The committee held a public hearing on amending the city sign code to add marijuana and electronic nicotine delivery system products to a 1,000‑foot advertising buffer near sensitive sites and voted to send the ordinance to council new business with a recommendation to approve.
The Detroit City Council’s Public Health and Safety Committee held a 10:20 a.m. public hearing on an ordinance to expand the city’s advertising restrictions to cover marijuana products and electronic nicotine delivery systems (vapes). After testimony from health officials, community groups and residents, the committee voted to send the draft ordinance to new business with a recommendation to approve.
What the proposal would do: The draft ordinance would amend chapter 4 (Advertising and Signs) of the 2019 Detroit City Code to add marijuana products and electronic nicotine delivery systems to existing limits on advertising within a 1,000‑foot radius of…
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