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Committee backs UDC amendment to restrict vape shops near schools; moves proposal to zoning commission
Summary
The Community Health Committee voted to advance a council consideration request to add a 1,000-foot buffer to the Unified Development Code that would bar vape/tobacco stores near schools, daycares and institutions of higher learning, with existing shops to be grandfathered under nonconforming-use rules.
The San Antonio Community Health Committee on March 24 voted to advance a council consideration request to amend the Unified Development Code to restrict vape and tobacco retail stores near schools.
City staff described a proposed supplemental use regulation that would prohibit a tobacco store or vape shop from operating within 1,000 feet of a public school, a private school, a daycare or an institution of higher learning, unless granted a specific use authorization by the City Council. Michael Shannon, the staff presenter, said the change would be an out-of-cycle UDC amendment and that existing locations would be treated as nonconforming uses under state law.
Why it matters: Committee members said youth vaping and the proliferation of storefront vape shops are a public-health concern. Staff presented a citywide inventory…
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