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Chester council hears first reading to add smoke shops, tobacco stores to zoning with distance limits
Summary
At a June 23 deliberative meeting, City of Chester staff presented Bill 3, a first reading zoning text amendment to permit smoke shops and tobacco stores in the Central Business District and Medium Industrial Commercial District as conditional uses with 500-foot and 1,000-foot separation rules.
At the City of Chester deliberative meeting on June 23, council members heard the first reading of Bill number 3, a zoning text amendment to Part 13 (Planning and Zoning) that would permit smoke shops and tobacco stores — including hookah bars — in the Central Business District (CBD) and the Medium Industrial Commercial (MIC) District as conditional uses.
The amendment would add the uses to the city's zoning ordinance and impose location limits, including a 500-foot buffer from schools, day cares, churches and similar institutions and a 1,000-foot separation…
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