Request Z-2601 — Text amendments on sexually oriented businesses, vape shops, game of skill parlors and tattoo studios
Fredericksburg
Description
City-initiated zoning text amendments affecting where certain adult, vape, gaming and tattoo uses may operate; tabled by the P&Z Commission and re-noticed for April meetings.
Impact summary
If adopted, these rules would restrict where adult-oriented and gaming businesses can locate in town.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 9
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Apr 7, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
City Council - Apr 7, 2026
New zoning rules send these four uses through a conditional use permit process, limiting sexually oriented businesses to the M-2 industrial district with 500-foot buffers from schools for vape shops and similar uses. Existing shops are grandfathered.
City Council - Mar 17, 2026
Zoning text amendments defining and regulating adult-oriented businesses, vape shops, gaming parlors and tattoo studios — tabled at P&Z, no action possible today, re-noticed for April.
Planning and Zoning Commission - Feb 4, 2026
This proposed text amendment request was withdrawn before the hearing.
Related issues (1)
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