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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 758CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 590-40th AVENUE N.E, 788-9221 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA 55421 ORDINANCE NO. 758 BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF CODEINE. THE CITY OF COLUHBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The sale and possession of codeine shall be regulated as follows: Subd. 1. Sales, etc. of Codeine Prohibited, and Exception. No person shall administer, dispense, sell, barter, exchange or offer for sale, give away, distribute, deliver or supply in any manner, when he knows or can by reasonable diligence as~ertain, that such administering, dispensing, selling, bartering, exchanging or offering for sale, giving away, distributing, delivery, or supplying, in any manner wi]] provide more than six grains of codeine or any of its salts within forty-eight (48) consecutive hours to the person to whom or for whose use preparation is administered, dispensed, sold, bartered, exchanged or offered for sale except pursuant to a lawful P.rescription issued by a practitioner duly l icense~ under the laws of the State of Minnesota. Subd. 2. Purchase and Possession Prohibited, and Exception. No person shall within any forty-eight (48) consecutive hours purchase or have in his possession more than six grains of codeine or any of its salts, except pursuant to a lawful prescri~ion issued by a prac~oner duly licensed under the laws of the State of Minnesota. Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00)or by imprisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of publication. First reading: April 12, 197! Second reading: April 26, 1971 Offered by: Heintz Seconded by: Land Roll Call - Ail Ayes Bru e G -ff~-wrocki, Mayor