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Newport News adopts new rules for vape shops, including 9 a.m.–9 p.m. hours and a 20% threshold
Summary
The city council approved two zoning-text amendments on Sept. 23 that add a definition and general regulations for "vape shops" and include a revised draft that reduces a numeric threshold from 50% to 20% and limits operating hours to 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; vape shops were also added to the C-2 district use table.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News City Council on Sept. 23 adopted two zoning-text amendments that define and regulate "vape shops" and add the use to the list of permitted uses in the C-2 General Commercial district.
The council voted to approve a revised draft of the ordinance that incorporated planning-commission recommendations. The revision reduced a numeric threshold in two places from 50% to 20% and added an hours-of-operation limit of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The council later approved a companion amendment to…
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