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The Mayor or Director of Public Safety or his or her designee shall engage in a continuing program to explain and clarify the purposes and requirements of this chapter to citizens affected by it, and to guide owners and operators and manager in their compliance with it. Public education will also promote an awareness of the grave health consequences of tobacco use. 1727.14 SEVERABILITY. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions are declared to be severable. 1727.99 PENALTY. A violation of any section of this chapter shall subject the licensee, or anyone required to be a licensee, to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for each violation. The Mayor or Director of Public Safety or his designee shall have the authority to enforce this chapter. is hereby repealed, and new Chapter 1727, Cigarette and Tobacco Vendors; Sales to Persons Under 21, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, is hereby enacted to read as follows: CHAPTER 1727 Cigarette and Tobacco Vendors: Sales to Minors 1727.01 Definitions. 1727.02 Sale to Persons Under 21 Prohibited. 1727.03 Annual Permit Required. 1727.04 Permit Revocation, Denial, o Suspension. 1727.05 Non - Transferability. 1727.06 Non - Retaliation. 1727.07 Posting of Signs; Education; Outreach. 1727.08 Enforcement; Appeals. 1727.09 Injunction Relief. 1727.10 Effective Date. 1727.99 Penalty. 1727.01 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Chapter: (a) "Distribute" means to furnish, give or provide tobacco products to the ultimate consumer of the tobacco product. (b) "Permit" means an annual permit issued by the City or the City's permitting agent for retail sale of tobacco products pursuant to Section 1727.03 herein.