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Westminster council delays vote on ordinance defining 'vape shop' after public hearing
Summary
The Westminster Mayor and Common Council on Jan. 13, 2025 voted to postpone consideration of Ordinance 2024-09 — a zoning text amendment that would add definitions for “specialty shop,” “tobacconist” and “vape shop” to Chapter 164 and impose distance and location restrictions — until the council’s next meeting on Jan. 27, 2025.
The Westminster Mayor and Common Council on Jan. 13, 2025 voted to postpone consideration of Ordinance 2024-09 — a zoning text amendment that would add definitions for “specialty shop,” “tobacconist” and “vape shop” to Chapter 164 and impose distance and location restrictions — until the council’s next meeting on Jan. 27, 2025. Councilman Huff moved to postpone and Miss Gilbert seconded; the motion carried by voice vote.
The ordinance, introduced Nov. 25, 2024 and noticed in the Carroll County Times on Dec. 4 and 11, would amend multiple downtown and commercial zoning districts to permit or limit tobacconists and vape shops and add special provisions including separation distances for vape shops. Planning staff told the council the ordinance distinguishes specialty shops from dedicated vape or tobacconist uses and recommended approval of the…
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