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Council places temporary moratorium, grandfathering on certain tobacco licenses; ordinance advanced
Summary
The council voted to advance an ordinance that creates three classes of tobacco-dealer licenses, temporarily caps new Class A licenses, and allows currently operating businesses that will need a new license to apply within 90 days (grandfathering).
The Moline City Council on Jan. 7 advanced to second reading an ordinance that restructures tobacco-dealer licensing into three classes and imposes a temporary moratorium on new Class A licenses while establishing a 90-day grandfathering window for existing businesses that become subject to the new licensing categories.
Under the proposed code change, the city would create three license categories (Class A, B and C) and cap some categories. Council members and the city attorney corrected a scrivener's error in the printed…
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