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Committee backs referral of zoning text amendment to planning commission to restrict tobacco and vaping retailer locations
Summary
The Community Affairs Committee voted unanimously to send a zoning text amendment to the Planning Commission that would tighten definitions and location rules for tobacco, vape and similar retailers, including distance buffers from schools and parks; the item will proceed through the standard zoning amendment process.
The Community Affairs Committee voted to send a proposed zoning text amendment to the Planning Commission that would revise Wauwatosa’s code to regulate locations where cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic vaping devices and similar retailers may operate.
Alder Brannon presented the proposal, saying staff, the health department and the city attorney had been involved in drafting the language. The…
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