Mount Pleasant advances a 1,000-foot rule for smoke and vape shops

Mount Pleasant Town Council voted unanimously on Nov. 2 to move forward with zoning rules that would bar smoke and vape stores within 1,000 feet of a school, church or park and keep vape shops 1,500 feet apart. The ordinance has not been adopted.

Why this matters here

Zoning written in response to one storefront ends up applying to everybody who signs a lease after it. If you are shopping for retail space in Mount Pleasant, the distance tables are about to change.