Tobacco shop gets OK in Alton
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph
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Alton aldermen on Wednesday approved allowing Shop and Go, a tobacco store, to operate at 2603 E. Broadway in Alton. The address is located in the C-5, Heavy Commercial District section of Alton with aldermen on Wednesday also approving an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance to permit tobacco shops in C-5 zoning.
ALTON Aldermen on Wednesday night officially adopted ordinances granting a special use permit to allow the operation of a tobacco/smoker supply store at 2603 E. Broadway, Alton.
The building is in the C-5, Heavy Commercial District section of Alton, which usually does not allow tobacco. In relation to this, aldermen also adopted an ordinance that would amend the zoning ordinance concerning tobacco supply stores.Under city codes, tobacco supply stores will now be permitted to operate in C-5 zoning classifications in Alton under special uses.