Commission recommends limits on smoke and vape shops, defines 'significant tobacco retailer'
Ordinance 2603 would create a definition for 'significant tobacco retailer' (10%+ floor space/display or 20%+ inventory or self-identification), allow them only by conditional use in the CR district, impose 1,000-foot buffers, set closure hours and prohibit amusement devices and on-site alcohol; commission voted to recommend the ordinance and asked the solicitor about grandfathered businesses.
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Planning staff presented Ordinance 2603 on April 14 to define and regulate smoke and vape shops and similar tobacco retailers. The draft ordinance establishes a "significant tobacco retailer" as an establishment that devotes 10% or more of floor space or display area to tobacco/vape products, maintains 20% or more of its total inventory in those products, markets itself as a smoke/vape/cigar shop, or operates as a hookah bar.
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