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Forney council approves ordinance creating cigar and hookah lounge definitions; limits locations and requires ventilation or standalone buildings
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance No. 25-02 to add definitions for 'cigar lounge' and 'hookah lounge' and to make them conditional uses in general retail commercial and mixed-use zoning; Planning & Zoning recommended the change unanimously and excluded light industrial districts.
The Forney City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that adds definitions for cigar lounges and hookah lounges to the city’s comprehensive zoning ordinance and makes those uses permissible only by conditional use permit in general retail commercial and mixed-use districts.
City staff introduced the item during the public hearing on zoning amendments. City Planning staff read the proposed definition for “cigar lounge”: “an establishment that derives more than 50% of its quarterly gross revenue from the sale of cigars for consumption on the premises by customers; the cigar lounge does not allow individuals under the age of 21 to enter the…
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