Oyster Bay, NY Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

3 restricts where a vape shop, hookah lounge, vape lounge, smoke shop, marijuana dispensary or marijuana shop can operate. These uses are allowable only in a Light Industry (LI) Zoning District, and even there they need a special use permit issued by the Town of Oyster Bay Zoning Board of Appeals before opening. The section cross-references the Schedule of Use Regulations for Nonresidence Districts, an attachment to the Zoning Code, for the underlying use-table entry. Beyond the district limit, the code adds a locational buffer: the lot line of any property with one of these uses cannot sit within a one-thousand-foot radius of the lot line of any lot zoned residential, or of any school, park, playground, library, church or other place of worship.

This local law, adopted 3-30-2021 by Local Law No. 4: any establishment selling e-cigarettes, vape pens, vapors, e-liquids, hookah pipes, marijuana or marijuana products must post a sign at the point of sale, in letters at least one-half inch tall, warning that these products contain nicotine, an addictive chemical, protected from tampering or concealment. 1, was to restrict the location of these establishments and require warning signage given the potential dangers of the products sold. 2 for determining what counts as a substantial portion.