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Council backs $40,000 County grant to study tobacco retailer density and flavored-product restrictions
Summary
Council directed staff to proceed with a county-funded analysis of possible restrictions on tobacco retailer density and flavored tobacco product sales and to work with County Public Health. The council did not enact a moratorium at the meeting.
Gilroy City Council members on Aug. 4 told staff to use a $40,000 public-health grant to analyze two limited policy options: reducing the density of tobacco outlets and restricting flavored tobacco products. Staff said the grant funding covers legal review, business-license administrative work and public education materials; any additional work beyond the grant would be a city cost.
At a presentation, staff briefed the council on the city’s current tobacco code: a tobacco-retailer permit requirement, a prohibition on retail sales within 1,000 feet of schools (except grandfathered locations) and smoking restrictions in…
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