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