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Santa Ana council asks staff to draft ordinance restricting smoke shops after enforcement concerns
Summary
Councilmember Jesse Lopez asked staff to close zoning loopholes that treat smoke shops as ordinary retail. Council supported drafting a permanent ordinance with options such as buffer zones, conditional‑use hearings and revocation procedures and asked for proposals within roughly 90 days.
The Santa Ana City Council on Dec. 2 directed city staff to prepare an ordinance that would expand the city’s land‑use tools to limit smoke‑shop clustering and restrict their proximity to schools, parks and other sensitive uses.
Councilmember Jesse Lopez, who brought the item, said smoke shops without on‑site smoking currently are treated like ordinary retail under the zoning code, which limits planning…
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