Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: September 24, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
FROM: Jennifer Moreau, AICP, Manager, Zoning Division
CONTACT: Jennifer Moreau, AICP, Manager, Zoning Division
PHONE: (407) 836-5856
DIVISION: Zoning Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Resolution of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners regarding establishing a processing and distance measurement fee for tobacco shops permit applications; amending the Orange County fee directory; providing for administrative implementation; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing an effective date; All Districts. (Zoning Division)
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PROJECT: Tobacco Shop Distance Separation Requirements Fee Resolution
PURPOSE: The consideration of this fee resolution will run concurrently with the second of two required public hearings to consider an ordinance amending several sections of Chapter 38 of the Orange County Code related to the creation of distance separation requirements between tobacco shops and schools, and tobacco shops and other tobacco shops.
The proposed ordinance will amend Section 38-1 (“Definitions”); 38-77 (“Use Table); 38-77.1 (“Horizon West Town Center PD Code Land Use Table”); prohibit tobacco shops in certain Overlay, Village, and Neighborhood Center districts; as well as create a subsection 38-79(184) (“Conditions for permitted uses, special exceptions”). The amendment would create definitions for Tobacco Shop and Tobacco Product and establish distance separation requirements for the use.
The proposed fee of $281 will be applied to the review of applications for tobacco shops which require County Staff time and resources, including application intake, review for compliance with applicable zoning and operational standards, coordination with affected County departments, recordkeeping, taking of mea...
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