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Council hears Pineapple Express variance request after business-license lapses; staff recommends denial
Summary
An applicant sought a variance to allow Pineapple Express tobacco shop at 4849 Buford Highway to operate within half a mile of another tobacco shop; staff recommended denial because an existing nearby shop placed within 0.19 miles violates the UDO distance requirement and prior business-license issues were noted.
City planning staff presented a variance request on Jan. 16 from THK Express Inc., doing business as Pineapple Express, asking to allow a tobacco product shop at 4849 Buford Highway within the UDO’s half-mile separation requirement.
John Maximuck, Chamblee planning and development director, outlined a timeline in which a prior business at 4849 operated under varying license descriptions and received multiple notices of violation for operating with an expired…
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