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November 10, 2014 I Volume 8 I Issue 21 Zoning Bulletin <br />establishments within their jurisdictions." Among other things, the new law <br />"allows local agencies to impose reasonable zoning, business licensing and <br />health and safety requirements for massage businesses, with some exceptions." <br />Notably, under the law, "local agencies cannot define massage establishments <br />as adult businesses." <br />Source: JD Supra; www.idsupra.com <br />Berkeley City Council are considering a proposed zoning ordinance that <br />would prohibit the sale, donation or distribution of tobacco products within a <br />1,000-foot radius of any school, public library, church, playground, or child <br />care facility in Berkeley. The Council also passed the first reading of an <br />ordinance prohibiting the use of electronic smoking devices any place where <br />regular smoking is not allowed. The city planning commission has now been <br />tasked with reviewing the proposed zoning measure. <br />Source: The Daily Californian; www.dailvcal.ore <br />MICHIGAN <br />Introduced in mid -September, Senate Bill 1076 seeks to amend the Zoning <br />Enabling Act "to allow townships with a population of 70,000 or more to have <br />authority to control oil drilling or the extraction of natural resources in their <br />jurisdictions." Opponents of the bill say it "falls far short as it will only affect <br />less than 1 percent of townships statewide." In those townships that would not <br />be affected by the proposed bill, the current Zoning Enabling Act language <br />that prohibits counties and townships from regulating and controlling oil and <br />gas wells would remain in effect. <br />Source: Dexter Leader; www.heritage.com <br />12 © 2014 Thomson Reuters <br />