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Board denies separate tobacco/e‑cigarette retail outlet at 2122 E. Locust after contested hearing
Summary
After an extended contested hearing the Board of Zoning Appeals denied a plan to operate a stand‑alone tobacco/e‑cigarette retail outlet at 2122 E. Locust Street. The site is part of a long‑standing hookah/restaurant operation; the board concluded the submitted standalone retail plan conflicted with the 2023 ordinance and neighborhood concerns.
The Milwaukee Board of Zoning Appeals voted to deny a request to operate a stand‑alone tobacco and e‑cigarette retail outlet at 2122 E. Locust Street after a contested hearing on May 22. The property is part of a multi‑suite operation that includes a restaurant and hookah lounge that has operated on the site since the mid‑2000s.
Counsel for the applicant emphasized the location’s history and argued the proposed retail area functioned as an extension of an existing, longstanding operation that had previously sold tobacco and hookah supplies in a limited way. Attorney Ovia Gately described the property as a continuous space of…
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