Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Amending Various Provisions of Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, Relating to Tobacco Retailing (M17-008) [Two-Thirds Vote Required]
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00985
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Pass a Motion waiving Rule 7.K.3.b of the Council Rules of Procedure, which requires that the text of an ordinance brought to council be the same as the text that was submitted to the Law and Legislation Committee (2/3 vote required); 2) review an Ordinance amending various provisions of title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to tobacco retailing; and 3) pass for publication the Ordinance title as required by Sacramento City Charter 32c to be adopted August 27, 2019.
Contact: Evan Compton, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5260, Community Development Department
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance (Redline)
3-Ordinance (Clean)
4-Prior version of amendments proposed from 2017 for documentation purposes only
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: At the August 22, 2017 City Council meeting, Councilmember Ashby detailed issues of crime, loitering, and potential harm to youth related to the use of tobacco in her district. She requested that an ordinance be prepared to provide the City greater oversight of these issues by amending the city code criteria for when a tobacco retailer would need a conditional use permit (CUP). The current city code requires a CUP only for tobacco retailers that are 15,000 square feet or less and located within 1,000 feet of a public or private K-12 school.
The original requested code amendment to expand the CUP requirements for tobacco retailers was heard by the Planning and Design Commission on November 2, 2017, which approved the amendments with some suggested edits, discussed below. The amendment was presented to the Law and Legislation Committee (L&L) on November 28, 2017, which voted to pursue regulation of thes...
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