Upper Darby, PA Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

Section 550-56 defines SMOKE SHOP/SMOKING PARLOR as any retail or wholesale establishment primarily selling tobacco, tobacco products, or vaping products and accessories, and it also sweeps in any store that dedicates 15% or more of its retail floor space, calculated by the largest rectangle formed by displayed tobacco and vaping merchandise divided by total usable retail floor area, to those products, or that markets itself as a tobacco store, smoke shop, vape shop, or cigar shop. That definition, added in 2017 and amended by Ordinance No.

3106 in 2021 and Ordinance No. 3155 in 2024, carries hard siting standards: no smoke shop may locate within 1,000 feet of any other tobacco store/smoke shop, and none may locate within 1,000 feet of any public, private, or charter school, under Section 550-56B and C. One off-street parking space is required per 200 feet of gross floor area, adequate ventilation is mandatory, and non-smoke-shop retailers must group tobacco products together on their shelves. closing, a barrier from any residential property within 300 feet, a ban on selling tobacco products, which the code defines to include e-cigarettes and vaping devices, to anyone under 21, a ban on under-21 presence in the store, submission of professional elevations and floor plans with the business permit application, and compliance with Township spot checks.