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Gilroy council extends downtown moratorium on new tobacco retail permits, asks staff to return with citywide option
Summary
The council adopted a 10‑month, 15‑day extension of an interim moratorium banning new tobacco retail permits in the downtown specific plan area (7–0). Members asked staff to prepare a citywide moratorium ordinance for Jan. 5 and sought options for grandfathering, chain-of-ownership review and enforcement.
The Gilroy City Council on Dec. 16 voted unanimously to extend an urgency interim moratorium that prohibits issuance or approval of new tobacco retail permits in the downtown specific plan area for an additional 10 months and 15 days.
The mayor opened the public hearing, saying she initially requested a downtown moratorium to give the council and staff time to study a perceived surge in smoke-shop applications and related enforcement challenges. Councilmembers pressed staff and the city attorney on whether a citywide moratorium could be adopted at the same meeting;…
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