Westland, MI Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 8.17, Zoning Ordinance
- Buffer distance
- 500 feet
- Protected sites
- Schools, parks, worship, minors' areas
- Adopted
- October 21, 2024
Summary
Westland bars new retail tobacco, hookah and vape shops from locating within 500 feet of any place of worship, school, park, playground, or place where minors gather.
a. No such use shall be permitted within 500 feet of any site on which is located a place of worship, school, park or playground, or any area where minors regularly congregate.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
Section 8.17 of the City of Westland Zoning Ordinance, adopted October 21, 2024, prohibits retail tobacco, hookah, and vape shops from locating within 500 feet of any place of worship, school, park, playground, or other area where minors regularly congregate. The rule is a use-siting standard enforced through zoning and site plan review rather than a separate business license; an applicant proposing a retail tobacco, hookah, or vape shop must demonstrate compliance with the 500-foot buffer before the use can be approved in an eligible commercial district.
Violations & Fines
Opening a retail tobacco, hookah, or vape shop within 500 feet of a school, park, playground, place of worship, or area where minors gather violates the zoning ordinance and can block site plan approval.
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