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Council imposes 90-day moratorium on new smoke and vape shops, lowers retail-sales threshold to 25%
Summary
Missouri City adopted a temporary moratorium preventing acceptance of new smoke and vape shop applications for 90 days while staff develops an ordinance restricting locations of such businesses; council amended proposed sales threshold from 30% to 25% and the moratorium does not affect existing shops.
Missouri City adopted a 90-day temporary moratorium on accepting, processing or approving applications for new smoke shops and vape shops while staff prepares a permanent ordinance to address the land-use treatment of those businesses.
City Attorney E. Joyce and staff briefed council on the moratorium, noting the city is reviewing its comprehensive plan and that recent public input showed a strong preference against vape and smoke shops in neighborhoods. The draft moratorium as presented would pause new development for 90…
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