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