To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MARC WIENER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN EXTENSION OF THE URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE THAT IMPOSED A MORATORIUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKE SHOPS IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY A 10 MONTH AND 15 DAY EXTENSION OF URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE NO. 3294-25 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKE SHOPS IN THE CITY AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF AND FINDING THE EXTENSION IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
PROCEDURES:
A. Open the Public Hearing;
B. Take Testimony;
C. Close the Public Hearing; and,
D. Approve the proposed Extension of Urgency Interim Ordinance No. 3294-25
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Redondo Beach Police Department has received complaints regarding illegal flavored tobacco and cannabis products being sold throughout the City. These complaints were confirmed through two recent inspections, conducted on March 6, 2025 of a smoke shop located in the 2400 block of 190th Street and on March 19, 2025 of a smoke shop on in the 2200 block of Artesia Boulevard. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nicotine is highly addictive, can harm brain development which continues until about 25 years of age, and poses a unique risk to youth. The state recently passed legislation strengthening tobacco oversight programs and expanding the seizure of illegal tobacco products, which it has deemed essential to achieving the state's public health goal of lowering youth tobacco use.
At its April 15, 2025 meeting, the City Council reviewed a Draft Ordinance intended to more effectively regulate smoke shops and tobacco stores, which are defined as, "any premises dedicated to the display, sale, distribution, delivery, offering, furnishing, or marketing of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco paraphernalia; provided, however, that any gro...
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