Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-092-2015

• Reference No.: CB-092-2015
• Draft No.: 3
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 11/17/2015
• Introduced Date: 10/20/2015
• Public Hearing Date: 11/17/2015 - 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 11/17/2015
• Title: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL ZONES - TABLE OF USES - TOBACCO AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE SHOPS for the purpose of providing a definition for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the Zoning Ordinance; amending the Mixed Use Zones Table of Uses to prohibit tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the M-U-TC (Mixed-Use Town Center) Zone; providing an amortization period by June 1, 2017, for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the M-U-TC Zone that are not in compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance; amending the Commercial Zones Table of Uses to permit new and existing tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses by Special Exception in the C-A (Ancillary Commercial), C-S-C (Commercial Shopping Center), C-W (Commercial - Waterfront), and C-R-C (Commercial Regional Center) Zones; providing approval criteria for approval of Special Exceptions for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses; and providing that Spec...
• Proposers/Sponsors: Karen R. Toles, Mary A. Lehman, Andrea C. Harrison
• Code sections: 27-107.01 - , 27-461 - , 27-547 -
• Contact: Karen T. Zavakos, Zoning and Legislative Counsel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/17/2015	3	County Council	public hearing held
11/17/2015	3	County Council	rules suspended	Pass
11/17/2015	3	County Council	enacted	Pass
10/20/2015	2	County Council	amended (1)	Pass
10/20/2015	2	County Council	introduced
10/20/2015	2	County Council	Clerk directed to expedite scheduling of public hearing
10/13/2015	1	Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee	Favorably recommended with amendments	Pass
9/29/2015	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL ZONES - TABLE OF USES - TOBACCO AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE SHOPS for the purpose of providing a definition for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the Zoning Ordinance; amending the Mixed Use Zones Table of Uses to prohibit tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the M-U-TC (Mixed-Use Town Center) Zone; providing an amortization period by June 1, 2017, for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses in the M-U-TC Zone that are not in compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance; amending the Commercial Zones Table of Uses to permit new and existing tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses by Special Exception in the C-A (Ancillary Commercial), C-S-C (Commercial Shopping Center), C-W (Commercial - Waterfront), and C-R-C (Commercial Regional Center) Zones; providing approval criteria for approval of Special Exceptions for tobacco shop and electronic cigarette shop uses; and providing that Special Exception applications for tobacco shop or electronic cigarette shop uses legally existing on January 1, 2016, must be accepted for filing by the Planning Board on or before June 1, 2017.

Background

This bill amends the table of uses permitted for the Mixed Use Zones in Part 10 of the Zoning Ordinance to prohibit tobacco and electronic cigarette shops in the M-U-TC (Mixed-Use Town Center Zone).