Illegal smoke shops in Fresno could start closing next month

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Illegal fume shops successful Fresno could commencement closing adjacent period aft the city's Smoke Shop Ordinance received last approval, according to the Office of Council Vice President Miguel A. Arias.

The announcement that the ordinance had been approved was made Tuesday afternoon, revealing that Mayor Jerry Dyer's determination to basal with the Fresno City Council bulk allowed the argumentation to determination guardant without veto.

Councilmembers accidental the Smoke Shop Text Amendment volition officially instrumentality effect connected June 5.

Fresno City Council voted to walk the substance amendment connected April 24 arsenic portion of efforts to adjacent fume shops that airs a nationalist wellness and information menace "by engaging successful rampant income of amerciable products successful our neighborhoods."

“Thanks to the enactment of our City Council’s argumentation action, our City volition yet person an effective
tool to code the illicit marketplace amerciable activities successful fume shops successful our City,” said Arias.

The passing of the ordinance was described arsenic a "long-overdue measurement toward restoring accountability and safety" successful Fresno's neighborhoods.

The regulations volition now:

• Require fume shops to use for a Conditional Use Permit and Business Tax License
• Limit saturation to 7 fume shops per district
• Prohibit fume shops from operating wrong 1,000 feet of schools, parks, daycare centers, younker facilities, and different fume shops
• Implement signage and advertizing restrictions
• Require a information program approved by the Fresno Police Department
• Introduce a good for selling to minors astatine $2,500 per offense

Officials adhd that caller and existing fume shops whitethorn use for a Conditional Use Permit, and if the fig of applicants is much than the fig of Conditional Use Permits disposable successful that district, past the City of Fresno volition clasp a lottery to prime which stores person the permit.