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Council adopts ordinance restricting dedicated vape shops to industrial zones with conditional permits
Summary
The council approved ordinance 2024-4004 to separate tobacco/cigar retailers from dedicated e‑cigarette/vape stores and to permit vape stores only in heavy industrial districts by special conditional use permit; existing shops are grandfathered until abandonment rules apply.
The La Porte City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2024‑4004, which creates separate use‑classification categories for tobacco/cigar stores and for dedicated e‑cigarette/vape stores and restricts the latter to heavy industrial zoning districts with a special conditional‑use permit.
Yvonne Briscoe of planning and development explained the ordinance’s intent: to leave current tobacco and cigar retail zoning unchanged while limiting new dedicated vape stores to HI…
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