55-98 Chpt 1727 Tobacco Sales to Minors

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(e) "Retailer" means a person or entity who offers or sells tobacco products or accessories to consumers. (f) "Retail Tobacco Store" means a retail store utilized primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental. (g) "Self-Service Displays" means open displays of tobacco products and point- of-sale tobacco promotional products that the public has access to without the intervention of a store employee. (h) 'q'obacco Product" means any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco or any other form of tobacco or tobacco papers which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other means of ingestion. (i) "Tobacco Vending Machine" means any machine or device designated for or used for the vending of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, or tobacco products upon the insertion of coins, trade checks, or slugs. (j) "vendor-assisted" means only a store employee has access to the tobacco product and assists the customer by supplying the product. The customer does not take possession of the product until al[er it is purchased. 1727.02 POSTING OF SIGNS Every place in the City where tobacco products are sold shall display at all times in a prominent place on the premises thereof, a printed card which shall be furnished by the City and which shall read substantially as follows: "Under the ordinances of the City of Lakewood, it is unlawful to sell, give or furnish to a person under eighteen (18) years of age a cigarette or other tobacco products." 1727.03 IDENT12FICATION REQUIRED. No retailer shall sell or permit to be sold cigarettes or other tobacco products to an individual without requesting and examining photographic identification for the purpose of establishing the purchaser's age as eighteen or greater. 1727.04 LICENSE REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for a retailer to sell, give, furnish, or otherwise provide cigarettes or other tobacco products unless that retailer holds and maintains a valid license from the City of Lakewood for each location in which tobacco products are sold. All such licenses shall be renewed annually. This section shall be effective forty (40) days from the date CounCil adopts Chapter 1727. 1727.05 FEE. The fee for obtaining or renewing a license shall be established by the Health Commissioner or his designee, and shall be sufficient to fund the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this chapter. 1727.06 NON-TRANSFERABILITY. A tobacco retail license is non-transferable, except a new license will be issued to a tobacco retailer who changes location. 1727.07 TOBACCO VENDING MACHINES; ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF CIGARETTES OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS. (a) Any person, firm or corporation that owns, leases, possesses or controls one or more tobacco vending machines shall obtain a valid license for each machine pursuant to section 1727.04.