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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 177oRDm cE o./'77 EEtNG AN 0RDIh~ANCE TO LIC~SE THE $~LE OF CIG ~A~ETTES IN THE CITY OF COLU~B IA HEIGHTS THE CITY OF COLBNBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN: Section ~.o License Reauired. After December $1, 19~l, no person shall directly er by me,us of any device keep for retail sale, sell at retail, or otherwise dispose of any cigarette or cigarette wrapper at any place in the City of Columbia Heights unless a license therefor sh~ll first have been ob- tained as ~rovided iu this ddrinance. Section 2. Application ancl Issuance. Application for ~uch license sh~ll be made to the City Clerk on a form supplied by the City. Such application shall state the full name audaidress~of the applicant, the location of the building and the part intended to be used by the applicant under such license, the kind of a business conducted at such location, and such other information as sh~ll be required by the application form. UPon the filing of such application with , the City Clerk, it shall be presented to the City Council at its ne~t regular meeting, for its consideration, and if granted by the council z license sh~ll be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of the fee required. Section 3. License Fee. T~e fee for every such license shall be Twelve ($12.00) Dollars per annum. Every such license sh~ll expire on ~ecember 31, nemt after its issuance. For any licanse issued after January ~l in any year the fee shall be computed at the rate of One ($1.0~0) Dol~ar for each month or fractional part of a month covered by the license. Licenses shall not be tran- sferable from one person to another. Section ~. License Shall Be Displayed. Every such license shall be kept conspicuously about the place for which the license is issued s~d shall be exhibited to any person upon ~equest. S_e_ction 5. _Restrictions; No license shall be issued except to a person of good moral character. No license shall be issued to an applicant for sale of.cigarettes at any place other then his established place of business. No license shall be issued for the~sale of cigarettes at a movable place of business, nor sh&ll any license be issued for the sale of cigarettes at more th.,~n one place of business. No person shall sell or give away any ~ cigarette,cigarette paper or cigarette wrapper to any perso,n below the age of eighteen (18) years. No .person shall sell or keep for sale any cigarette containing opium, morphine, jimson weed, bella donna, strychnia, cocaine, marijuana, or any other deleterious or poisonous drug except nicotine. Section 6. ~evocation. Every such license m~y be revoked by the City Council for a violation of any provision of this ordinsmce if the licensee has been given a reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard. _Section 7. Penalt~r. Auy person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinlmee shall be guilty of s. mizdeme~nor ~md upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not ~o~exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or by imprisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days. .B.ection 8. Time Sf ~aking Effect. This ordinance shell t~ke effe~tand be in force from and after thirty (SO) days after its passsge. Mayor