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Commission backs new tobacco‑retailer permit, separation rules and limited cigar‑lounge path
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended City Council adopt code amendments creating a police‑issued tobacco‑retailer permit, 1,000‑foot retailer spacing and 500‑foot buffers from schools/parks/residential uses, bans on flavored tobacco and nitrous oxide sales, and a limited pathway for premium cigar lounges with strict conditions.
The Planning Commission on March 19 recommended City Council approve comprehensive amendments regulating tobacco retailer businesses and creating a limited, tightly regulated pathway for cigar lounges.
Staff presented a package of changes that would: define “tobacco retailer business” (with exclusions for grocery stores, convenience markets with alcohol licenses, and premium‑cigar sales), require an administrative tobacco‑retailer permit issued by the police chief with annual renewal, prohibit sales of flavored tobacco and nitrous oxide, and impose separation and buffer requirements: 1,000 feet between tobacco‑retailer businesses and 500 feet from…
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