ORD 15-023ORDINANCE NO. 15-023
AN ORDINANCE amending certain provisions of the Camas
Municipal Code relating to the definitions for land uses and
commercial and industrial land uses.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section I
Section 18.03.030-Definitions for Land Uses, of the Camas Municipal Code, is hereby
amended to provide as follows:
18.03.030-Definitions for Land Uses.
"E-cigarette" shall mean any electronically actuated device or inhaler meant to
simulate cigarette smoking that uses a heating element to vaporize a liquid
solution, popularly referred to as "juice", and that causes the user to exhale any
smoke, vapor, or substance other than that produced by unenhanced human
exhalation. The juice used in e-cigarettes typically contains nicotine, and for this
reason e-cigarettes and their juice fall under the classification of tobacco products
and tobacco paraphernalia.
"Smoke Shop/Head Shop" shall mean any premises where the primary use (fifty
percent or more of the net floor area of a business) is dedicated to the display,
sale, distributions, delivery, offerings, furnishing, or marketing of tobacco,
tobacco products or tobacco paraphernalia.
"Tobacco Paraphernalia" shall mean any paraphernalia, equipment, device, or
instrument that is primarily designed or manufactured for the smoking, chewing,
absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting, sniffing, or ingesting by any other
means into the body oftobacco, tobacco, tobacco products, marijuana, marijuana
products, or other controlled substances as defined by the State of Washington.
Items or devices classified as tobacco paraphernalia include but are not limited to
the following: pipes, punctured metal bowls, bongs, water bongs, electric pipes,
e-cigarettes, e-cigarette juice, buzz bombs, vaporizers, hookahs, and devices for
holding burning material. Lighters and matches shall be excluded from the
definition of tobacco paraphernalia.
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"Tobacco Product" shall mean any product in leaf, flake, plug, liquid, or any other
form, containing nicotine derived from the tobacco plant, or otherwise derived,
which is intended to enable human consumption of the tobacco or nicotine in the
produce, whether smoked, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed,
or ingested by any other means. For the purposes of this chapter, the term
"tobacco product" excludes any product that has been specifically approved by
the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for sale as
tobacco/smoking cessation product or for other medical purposes, where such
product is marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.
Section II
Section 18.07.030 Table 1-Commercial and Industrial Land Uses, ofthe Camas
Municipal Code, is hereby amended to provide as follows:
KEY: P = Permitted Use
C = Conditional Use
X = Prohibited Use
T =Temporary Use
Zoning Districts NC DC cc RC MX BP LIIBP LI
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Commercial Uses
Smoke Shop/Head Shop (9) X X p p X X X X
9. A) Must be sited a minimum 1000 feet of the perimeter of the grounds
of any elementary or secondary school, playground, recreation center or facility,
child care center, public park, public transit center, or library, or game arcade to
which is not restricted to persons twenty-one years or older as defined in WAC
314-55-010 on June 20, 2015;
B) The business shall post clear signage in a conspicuous location near
each public entrance stating no person under the age of 21 may enter the
premises; and
C) No Smoke Shop/Head Shop subject to this note shall be located
within five ( 5) miles of an existing lawfully established Smoke Shop/Head Shop.
All measurements under (A) and (C) shall be measured from the nearest property
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line of the property on which the use is proposed to the nearest property line of an
existing business utilizing Clark County GIS.
Section III
This ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5) days from and after its publication
according to law. . . -tn
P ASS ED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this ili__ day of
hla!em.bu=, 2015.
SIGNED: ~~+-~~--------------
SIGNED: rCib. Mayor
CA-P~
Clerk
APPROVED as to form:
J(AjtL;Jj__
City Attorney