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Anderson plan commission approves stricter rules for vape shops, limits on residential parking; forwards measures to city council
Summary
The Anderson City Plan Commission on Sept. 23 voted 8-0 to approve two ordinance changes — one tightening where and how smoke-and-vape retailers may operate and the other restricting the number and surfacing of vehicles and driveways at residences — and will send both measures to the City Council for final action on Oct. 9.
The Anderson City Plan Commission voted 8-0 Sept. 23 to adopt two proposals that would tighten rules for smoke-and-vape retailers and limit residential parking and driveway surfacing, sending both to the City Council for final consideration Oct. 9.
Commissioners approved Resolution 1-25, which adds definitions and new restrictions for convenience stores, smoke-and-vape shops and certain gas-station uses, and Resolution 2-25, which caps the number of vehicles allowed per household and requires most driveways to be hard-surfaced. The commission is advisory; both measures now go to the council for final approval.
Planning staff said the vape-shop language establishes a clear threshold separating a general convenience store from a smoke-and-vape retail operation and confines where new vape shops can locate. "For it to still qualify as a convenience store, everything has to be…
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