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El Centro council adopts 45‑day interim moratorium on new tobacco retail shops, votes 4‑0
Summary
City staff said concentration of tobacco retail shops downtown posed an immediate threat to public health and safety. The council adopted an interim urgency ordinance pausing new smoke‑shop permits for 45 days while staff drafts a longer, tailored zoning ordinance.
El Centro City Council on a 4‑0 vote adopted an interim urgency ordinance establishing a 45‑day moratorium on new tobacco retail shops, including new business licenses, relocations, or expansions of existing smoke shops, while staff prepares a tailored zoning ordinance.
Angel Hernandez, the city’s community development director, told the council staff and residents had raised concerns about an overconcentration of tobacco retail stores in downtown El Centro and “apparent connections”…
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