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Long Beach council asks staff to study buffer zones for smoke shops near schools, parks and elder-care sites
Summary
Councilwoman Kerr asked the city manager to begin amending the municipal code to create buffer zones between tobacco retailers/smoke shops and youth- or elder‑oriented facilities; council members discussed enforcement options and requested a report back, including consideration of nitrous-oxide sales.
Councilwoman Megan Kerr asked the Long Beach City Council on April 7 to direct the city manager to begin a formal review of the municipal code to establish distance-based buffer zones between tobacco retailers and sensitive land uses such as schools, parks, libraries and elder-care facilities.
Kerr told the council a smoke shop recently opened directly across from a high school in her district and that city code contains no current buffer standard for tobacco retailers. “Exposure and access to…
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