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Bee Cave planning commission recommends City Council add smoke-and-vape-shop use to UDC with 1,000-foot school buffer
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 16 recommended that City Council amend the Unified Development Code to define and regulate smoke and vape shops, prohibiting on-site consumption and requiring a 1,000-foot buffer from schools and childcare facilities, with operations allowed by Specific Use Permit in the same districts as retail sales.
The Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Bee Cave recommended on Sept. 16 that the City Council amend the Unified Development Code to create a separate use category for smoke and vape shops, prohibit on-site consumption, and require that new shops be at least 1,000 feet from public or private schools, day cares or child facilities.
Senior Planner Sean Lipano told the commissioners that when Bee Cave adopted the UDC in 2022, “the broad retail use sort of became an umbrella for many different types of uses,” and staff identified potential incompatibilities. Lipano said the proposed amendment “aims to break that out from the general…
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