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Councilman Blanchard moves amendments to smoke‑shop zoning bill; committee recommends it favorable
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee adopted amendments to a smoke‑shop zoning bill that set 750‑foot buffers from schools and parks and a phased two‑year (plus one‑year extension) removal of proximate nonconforming shops; the committee recommended the bill favorable to the full Council. City agencies warned enforcement capacity and shop inventories are not yet in place.
Councilman Zack Blanchard, sponsor of Council Bill 25‑0114 on smoke‑shop zoning, presented a package of amendments April 16 that the Land Use & Transportation Committee recommended favorable to the full Baltimore City Council.
Blanchard said the amendments aim to identify and limit concentrations of smoke shops while avoiding state licensing preemption and unintended impacts on grocers and pharmacies. He described the key changes as a method to identify regulated smoke‑shop uses, 750‑foot minimum distances from schools and parks and between smoke shops, and a time‑limited phase‑out for existing proximate…
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