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Redondo Beach council introduces smoke-shop ordinance to limit and regulate tobacco retailers
Summary
Council unanimously introduced an ordinance that would require conditional use permits for smoke shops, cap the number in the city at five (phased in), and add detailed definitions covering synthetic nicotine and flavored products; staff and the city attorney said enforcement will rely on existing police tools and conditional-use review.
The Redondo Beach City Council on Tuesday introduced by title an ordinance to regulate smoke shops and tobacco retail stores, moving the measure forward after months of staff work and public comment. Staff said the draft ordinance creates new municipal definitions for "smoke shop" and "tobacco retailer," requires a conditional use permit for smoke shops (rather than allowing them by-right), and phases in a citywide cap of five smoke shops over five years.
City planning director Mark Weiner told the council the ordinance…
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