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Committee forwards zoning rewrite to planning commission and proposes ban on 'smoke shops'
Summary
A North Canton committee approved forwarding a comprehensive zoning‑code rewrite to the planning commission and discussed a proposed ban on 'smoke shops'—defined as retail stores with 33% or more of inventory or floor space devoted to non‑tobacco nicotine/CBD/related products; formal action was postponed pending planning‑commission review and a public hearing.
The community and economic development committee voted to forward a proposal to repeal Chapter 11.39 and revise Chapter 11.37 of the codified ordinances to the planning commission, and discussed a new explicit prohibition on so‑called “smoke shops.”
Mr. Hunt, who read the ordinance title and led the staff presentation, said the rewrite consolidates business and industrial district rules into a single chapter to reduce future cross‑amendments and improve readability. "So, yeah, 1 of the big changes is the explicit prohibition of smoke shops," Mr. Hunt said,…
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