Title:
Title
Ordinance Amending Various Provisions of Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, Relating to Tobacco Retailing (M17-008) [Noticed 08/16/2019; Passed for Publication 08/20/2019; Published 08/23/2019]
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00988
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion, 1) pass a Motion determining the proposed ordinance exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it may have a significant effect on the environment; and 2) adopt an Ordinance amending various provisions of title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to tobacco retailing.
Contact: Evan Compton, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5260, Community Development Department
Body
Presenter: Evan Compton, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5260, Community Development Department
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 on 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 Leg...
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