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Ordinance committee advances tougher vape‑shop penalties and new licensing checks; staff tables criminal-statute bar
Summary
Norwalk staff proposed increasing maximum civil penalties for unlicensed vape/smoke shops to $250 per day and adding criminal‑statute bars to license issuance. The committee moved penalty changes to public hearing and tabled the criminal‑statute disqualifier pending further research.
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee on Jan. 20 advanced amendments aimed at curbing illegal sales at vape and smoke shops, approving language to stiffen civil penalties and moving changes to public hearing while tabling a related proposal to add criminal‑statute bars to license issuance.
Brian (city staff) told the committee the city had set up licensing and registration for vape retailers following enforcement requests from police but that many noncompliant entities had not registered. To increase compliance, staff proposed…
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