By Madeline Ackley Salazar | Your Valley
Litchfield Park city staff are recommending a few changes to the zoning code for its planned Litchfield Square development which is still in its early construction phase.
Striking hookah bars from its definition of smoke lounge was among the changes discussed at an Aug. 9 planning and zoning meeting.
Currently, hookah bars, alongside cigar lounges and tobacco bars, are included in the city center zoning code for smoke lounges, but that could soon change.
Part of the reason is the “club-like atmosphere” and late-night hours of some hookah establishments.
“Most cigar bars have earlier hours, many are open right now during the day and close earlier,” City Manager Matthew Williams said in an email.
