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Specialty Shop Board denies exception for proposed Tobacco & Vape shop at South Charles G. Seavers Blvd.
Summary
The Specialty Shop Board denied an exception request from Ali Investment Properties (applicant Mohib Salah) to open a Tobacco & Vape shop; staff said the ordinance passed June 22 left no openings to recommend, and the board voted to deny the exception.
Applicant Mohib Salah told the Specialty Shop Board he had begun the purchase process for the small building at 9 27 South Charles G. Seavers Boulevard and had paid the nonrefundable fee and posted the required bond. Staff explained that the specialty-shop ordinance passed on June 22 governs openings and that, based on staff interpretation, they could not recommend approval of the exception.
Board members discussed timing: the ordinance's second reading occurred June 22, the application arrived July 8, and the applicant signed parts of his purchase contract July 3. Staff and the board agreed the timing created a short window and that the ordinance's limits on the number of specialty shops meant staff could not recommend approval. The Specialty Shop Board voted to deny the request.
