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Turlock adopts 45-day moratorium on new or expanded smoke shops after enforcement finds widespread violations
Summary
The Turlock City Council on a 4-0 vote adopted an urgency ordinance placing a 45-day moratorium on new, expanded or relocated smoke shops after a joint TPD–CDTFA operation documented widespread noncompliance including flavored tobacco and THC-labeled products. Staff will draft zoning and operational changes for future council consideration.
The Turlock City Council voted unanimously to adopt an urgency ordinance that immediately pauses the establishment, expansion or relocation of smoke-shop uses in the city while staff studies zoning and regulatory options.
City staff told the council that a recent joint operation by the Turlock Police Department and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) “documented widespread legal noncompliance of smoke shops, including large quantities of prohibited flavor tobacco and nicotine…
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