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ORDINANCE NO. 1570
(Option 2)
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1490, CITY CODE OF
2005 RELATING TO THE USE OF SMOKE SHOPS WITHIN THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Section 1:
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.103 of the Columbia Heights City Code, is proposed to
include the following additions and deletions:
§ 9.103 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context
clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SAMPLING, TOBACCO.The lighting, inhalation, or combination thereof of
tobacco, tobacco paraphernalia, or tobacco-related products for the purpose of
testing a tobacco product prior to the sale of such product. Tobacco sampling shall
be limited to a designated area within a smoke shop of no greater than 100 square
feet in area, and no more than two (2) customers or potential customers shall engage
in sampling at any given time.
SMOKE SHOP. A retail establishment that has obtained an appropriate
license, in which greater that ninety percent (90%) of the business’s gross revenue
must be from the sale of tobacco, tobacco products or smoking related accessories.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.107 (C) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is proposed to
include the following additions and deletions:
§ 9.107 SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(C) Specific development standards. The following uses are subject to specific
development standards:
(48) Smoke Shops.
(a)The smoke shop must have an entrance door opening directly to the
outdoors.
(b)Greater that ninety percent (90%) of the business’s gross revenue
must be from the sale of tobacco, tobacco products or smoking related accessories.
(c)A tobacco department or section of any individual business
establishment with any type of liquor, food or restaurant license shall not be
considered a smoke shop.
(d)Sampling of lighted tobacco products shall be limited to a
designated area within a smoke shop of no greater than 100 square feet in area.
(e)No more than two (2) customers or potential customers shall be
allowed to sample tobacco at any given time.
(f)The total number of City-issued Smoke Shop Licenses shall at no
time exceed five (5).
(g)Any existing smoke shops at the time of the passage of this
ordinance shall comply fully with the ordinance by December 31, 2010.
Section 2:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 30 days after its
passage.
First Reading: September 14, 2009
Second Reading: September 28, 2009
Date of Passage:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
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Mayor Gary L. Peterson
Attest:
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Patricia Muscovitz, CMC
City Clerk/Council Secretary to the