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Commission hears proposal to cap vape shops and to curb neon/LED window lighting; grandfathering and enforcement questions raised
Summary
Councilor Camille Berdine presented proposals to limit new vape/smoke shops (proposed cap: one per 10,000 residents) and to prohibit neon and LED window lighting citywide; commissioners and staff debated grandfathering and enforcement under state nonconforming‑use law.
Councilor Camille Berdine asked the Planning Commission to review two related proposals: one to limit the number of vape and smoke shops and one to prohibit neon and LED lighting in commercial windows.
On vape shops, Berdine proposed defining a vape or smoke shop as a retail business where 25% or more of the public floor area is dedicated to vape or smoking products, and capping new shops at one per 10,000 residents. Berdine said Lebanon’s population is approaching 50,000, so the cap would allow about five shops citywide; existing shops would be allowed to continue but the cap would prevent new…
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