One Glen Cove teenager is looking to challenge the City of Glen Cove's hookah ban.

Chris Christodoulou, 18, is petitioning the Mayor and the City of Glen Cove to repeal or amend the City's ban on hookah lounges. "I do not believe that it is in the power of city government to outright ban a category of legal business from the city," Christodoulou told Patch.

Glen Cove officially banned hookah lounges in all zoning districts in the City on July 7, 2014. Do you agree with Glen Cove's hookah lounge ban? Scroll down to the bottom of the page to take our poll. Hookah lounges are important cultural centers among Arab Americans and offer an alternative to bars for Muslims who don't drink alcohol.

Patch reached out to Mayor Reggie Spinello and he responded with the following statement: "We recognize the importance of teens having the opportunity and freedom to express their own thoughts and ideas. In the matter of the City's position on banning Hookah lounges, it was a unanimous decision made by the Glen Cove City Council for the health and wellness of our community."

Christodoulou feels a hookah bar would benefit the City by attracting patrons and money to the downtown area.

"This ban feels prejudicial when considering the city council has allowed multiple tobacconists and liquor stores, bars and the like to operate unmolested, one of which is less than 400 meters from the middle school," he said.