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Planning commission adds cigar- and hookah-lounge definitions; approves conditional use allowance in select commercial districts
Summary
Commissioners voted to add definitions and regulate cigar lounges and hookah lounges as conditional uses in general retail, commercial and mixed-use districts; sales of alcohol on premises were prohibited by staff recommendation, though BYOB arrangements were discussed as allowed under state rules.
The Forney Planning and Zoning Commission voted to amend the zoning ordinance to add definitions and regulations for cigar lounges and hookah lounges and to allow those uses by conditional use permit in general retail, commercial and mixed-use zoning districts.
Planning staff explained a cigar lounge would be an establishment deriving more than 50% of quarterly gross revenue from cigars sold for on-premises consumption, would prohibit access to persons under 21 and must either occupy a standalone…
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