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DeKalb council signals support to cap retail tobacco stores at four
Summary
Council members broadly supported limiting specialized retail tobacco stores to four in DeKalb and asked staff to return an ordinance amendment; a business owner seeking to open spoke in favor of locating here.
DeKalb City Council members signaled support during deliberations on limiting the number of specialty retail tobacco stores in the city and directed staff to draft an ordinance amendment to set a cap, with council consensus appearing to favor four such stores.
Council members said the measure would apply only to retail tobacco stores as defined in the city’s Unified Development Ordinance—businesses that derive more than 30% of gross revenue from tobacco or nicotine products and dedicate more than 25% of floor area to those sales—not to gas stations, grocery stores or bars. City staff said the city had five such stores until recently, one closed and another party is…
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