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Fredericksburg council adopts zoning changes to regulate vape shops, tattoo studios and sexually oriented businesses
Summary
The Fredericksburg City Council approved text amendments to the zoning code that add definitions and conditional-use permitting for vape shops, tattoo studios, game/skill parlors and sexually oriented businesses, set distance buffers from schools and align operational rules with Chapter 26. Staff said existing shops are grandfathered; opponents raised consistency and property-rights concerns.
Fredericksburg City Council on April 7 approved a package of zoning text amendments that add explicit definitions and siting rules for vape shops, tattoo studios, game/skill parlors and sexually oriented businesses and require many of those uses to obtain conditional-use permits.
Cliff, the city planning staff member who presented the package, told the council the amendments update sections of the zoning code (definitions, the C2 and M2 districts, and the general commercial use section) to clarify how staff and Planning & Zoning should handle applications. Cliff said the changes would require vape shops, tattoo studios and game/skill parlors to seek conditional-use permits and would impose supplementary regulations — including a 500-foot buffer from schools, child-care facilities and youth centers and a 1,500-foot separation between vape shops. He noted…
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