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Council directs staff to study limits on standalone smoke/vape shops; home‑occupation ordinance continued to May
Summary
Council asked staff to map concentrations of tobacco/smoke retailers and draft ordinance options (separation distances, district limits); staff also returned a draft home‑occupations zoning amendment but the council continued that item to May for further refinement.
Jurupa Valley city staff briefed the council on Feb. 19 about the legal authority and options for regulating smoke shops, vape shops and other tobacco retailers, and the council directed staff to return with maps and ordinance frameworks.
City Attorney Peter Thorson and planning staff said California law permits local restrictions on the location and concentration of tobacco retailers when the regulations are supported by…
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