Hubbard council begins push to regulate Internet cafes

HUBBARD — The city council is looking to regulate Internet cafes before the first one opens its doors.

Tonight, city lawmakers read for the first time the proposed zoning ordinance that would cap the maximum cafes allowed within the city at five.

Councilwoman Bonnie Viele, D-3rd, and chairwoman of the zoning commission that worked on the ordinance for six weeks, said commission members fashioned it after cities with pre-existing regulations.

The ordinance must pass the next two readings to become law.

It would also demand that the cafes are 2,500 feet apart from one another and would allow no more than 100 sweepstakes machines in each building.

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