The Brownsville City Commission passed an ordinance that would not allow vape shops or e-cigarette retailers from opening within a thousand feet of schools and other institutions.

City leaders passed the ordinance during a meeting on Tuesday.

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The ordinance means that vape shops cannot open within a thousand feet of a church, hospital, daycare or public and private schools.

This comes after a concerned parent went to the city after noticing there was a vape shop by her child's middle school.

This ordinance will not apply to shops already open and will take effect immediately.