Photo by Steven
Given the Weed Greens Color Scheme palette — North Texas Green (#059033), Dollar Bill (#93CB56), Palm Leaf (#7BAA47) and Mughal Green (#355A20) — we're going with a cannabis-related business for the storefront.
Or maybe one that just sells smoking accessories and exotic snacks.
Smoke shops pop up faster than they get busted or go out of business. (There are two other new smoke shops that we haven't even mentioned yet.)
A new city law recently went into effect that holds commercial landlords responsible for renting storefronts to unlicensed cannabis shops.
Introduction 1001-B, known as Local Law 107 of 2023, prohibits owners of commercial spaces from knowingly leasing to unlicensed sellers of marijuana or tobacco products, imposing fines of up to $10,000 on landlords for violations.
This small storefront was most recently Suki Japanese Kitchen, which closed earlier in the summer.
It strongly suggests many things are wrong with permits. If it were possible to open a business quickly and easily, we would see a wider variety. Instead, we're only seeing ones where cash flow expectations are high. The city is demonstrating with its actions that it is not interested in making things easier for other types of businesses.
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