HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1667ORDINANCE NO. 1667
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.3 OF THE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY CODE TO UPDATE THE
LEGAL AGE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE TOBACCO, AND PROHIBIT SMOK!NG AND SAMPLING INDOORS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1
5.301 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
S 5.301 PURPOSE AND INTENT
Because the city recognizes that many persons under the age of 4&]! years purchase or otherwise obtain,
possess and use tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related devices, and electronic cigarette devices, and
such sales, possession, and use are violations of both state and federal laws; and because studies, which the
city hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the
age of 1&lL years and that those persons who reach the age of 1&4years without having started smoking
are significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has been shown to be the cause of several
serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on all levels of government; this article
shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession and use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related
devices, and electronic cigarette devices for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect
minors against the serious effects associated with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related
devices, and electronic cigarette devices, and to further the official public policy of the state in regard to
preventing young people from starting to smoke as stated in M.S. S 144.391, as it may be amended from time
to time.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. 76L6, passed LO-27-L4)
Section 2
5.302 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
s 5.302 DEFINIIONS.
Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context, all terms shall be given their commonly
accepted definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context
clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMPLIANCE CHECKS. The system the city uses to investigate and ensure that those authorized to sell
tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related devices, and electronic cigarette devices are following and
complying with the requirements of this article. Compliance checks shall involve the use of minors as
authorized by this article. Compliance checks shall also mean the use of minors who attempt to purchase
tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related devices, or electronic cigarette devices for educational, research
and training purposes as authorized by state and federal laws. Compliance checks may also be conducted by
other units of government for the purpose of enforcing appropriate federal, state or local laws and regulations
relating to tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related devices, and electronic cigarette devices.
INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED. The practice of selling any tobacco or tobacco product wrapped individually for
sale. lndividually wrapped tobacco and tobacco products shall include but not be limited to single cigarette
packs, single bags or cans of loose tobacco in any form, and single cans or other packaging of snuff or chewing
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tobacco. Cartons or other packaging containing more than a single pack or other container as described in this
definition shall not be considered individually packaged.
LOOSIES. The common term used to refer to a single or individually packaged cigarette
MINOR. Any natural person who has not yet reached the age of !&/!years.
MOVEABLE PUCE OF BUSINESS. Any form of business operated out of a truck, van, automobile or other
type of vehicle or transportable shelter and not a fixed address store front or other permanent type of
structure authorized for sales transactions.
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. Any place of business where tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco related devices
are available for sale to the general public. The phrase shall include but not be limited to grocery stores,
convenience stores and restaurants.
SALE Any transfer of goods for money, trade, barter or other consideration.
sAMPLlNG,ToBAcco.The!ighting,inhalation,orcombinationthereofof
tebaeee related preduets; er eleetrenie eigarette deviees fer the purpese ef testing a tebaeee preduet tobacco.
tobacco products, electronic deliverv devices, nicotine or lobelia deliverv products and products used in
electronic deliverv devices and nicotine or lobelia deliverv products prior to the sale of such product. As of
Januarv L,2022, no Sampling shall be permitted within a buildine at any time.
SELF-SERVICE MERCHANDISING. Open displays of tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco related devices in
any manner where any person shall have access to the tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices,
without the assistance or intervention of the licensee or the licensee's employee. The assistance or
intervention shall entailthe actual physical exchange of the tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related
device between the customer and the licensee or employee. The phrase shall not include vending machines.
Self-service sales are interpreted as being any sale where there is not an actual physical exchange of the
tobacco between the clerk and the customer.
SMOKE SHOP. A retail establishment that has obtained an appropriate license, in which greater than 90% of
the business's gross revenue must be from the sale of tobacco, tobacco products or smoking related
accessories.
TOBACCO or TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Any substance or item containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited
to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, fine cut or other chewing tobacco, cheroots, stogies, perique,
granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed, and other smoking tobacco, snuffflowers, cavendish, shorts,
plug and twist tobaccos, dipping tobaccos, refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, and
other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing, sniffing or
smoking. TOBACCO PRODUCTS shall also refer to electronic cigarettes, vapor devices and related products.
TOBACCO RELATED DEVICES. Any tobacco product as well as a pipe, rolling papers or other device
intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing or smoking of
tobacco or tobacco products.
VENDING MACHINE. Any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of device which dispenses tobacco,
tobacco products or tobacco related devices upon the insertion of money, tokens or other form of payment
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directly into the machine by the person seeking to purchase the tobacco, tobacco product or tobacco related
device.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. !57O, passed 9-28-09; Am. Ord. LGL6, passed 1O-27-L4l
Section 3
5.303 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
s 5.303 LICENSE.
(A) License required. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related
device without first having obtained a license to do so from the city.
(B) Smoke shop license. No person shall operate a smoke shop without first having obtained a smoke shop
license to do so from the city. At any given time, there shall be no more than three smoke shops, all with
appropriate licenses, throughout the city. Currently existing smoke shop establishments should be granted
the first preference to renew their smoke shop licenses if they choose to do so. Effective Januarv 1, 2022,
indoor sampling for all smoke shops shall be prohibited
(C) Application An application for a license to sell tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices
shall be made on a form provided by the city. The application shall contain the full name of the applicant, the
applicant's residential and business addresses and telephone numbers, the name of the business for which the
license is sought, and any additional information the city deems necessary. Upon receipt of a completed
application, the Clerk shall forward the application to the Police Department for a background and record
check prior to formal review by the City Council. lf the Clerk shall determine that an application is incomplete,
he shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the
application complete.
(D) Action. The City Council may either approve or deny the license, or it may delay action for such
reasonable period of time as necessaryto complete any investigation of the application orthe applicant it
deems necessary. lf the City Council shall approve the license, the Clerk shall issue the license to the
applicant. lf the City Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant along with
notice of the applicant's right to appeal the City Council's decision.
(E) Term. All licenses issued under this article shall follow the calendar year with an expiration date of
December 31 of each year and are not pro-rated.
(F) Revocation or suspension. Any license issued under this article may be revoked or suspended as
provided in I5.313.
(G) Transfers. All licenses issued under this article shall be valid only on the premises for which the license
was issued and only for the person to whom the license was issued. Change of location or applicant will be
required to be treated as a new applicant.
(H) Moveoble ploce of business. No license shall be issued to a moveable place of business. Only fixed
location businesses shall be eligible to be licensed under this article.
(l) Disploy. All licensesshall bepostedanddisplayedinplainviewof thegeneral publiconthelicensed
premise.
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(J) Renewols. The renewal of a license issued under this section shall be handled in the same manner as the
original application. The request for a renewal shall be made at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before
the expiration of the current license.
(K) lssuance as privilege and not o right. The issuance of a license issued under this article shall be
considered a privilege and not an absolute right of the applicant and shall not entitle the holderto an
automatic renewal of the license.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. L57A, passed 9-28-09; Am. Ord. LGL6, passed tO-27-L4; Am. Ord. L652,
passed 10-8-18) Penalty, see I5.313
Section 4
5.305 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
5 5.305 BASIS FOR DENIAL OF LICENSE
(A) Grounds for denying the issuance or renewal of a license under this article includes but is not limited to
the following:
(1) The applicant is under the age of 1&2L years.
l2l The applicant, or any employee thereof, has been convicted within the past five years of any violation
of a federal, state, or local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation relating to tobacco or tobacco
products, or tobacco related devices.
(3) The applicant has had a license to sel! tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices revoked
within the precedingL2 months of the date of application.
(4) The applicant fails to provide any information required on the application, or provides false or
misleading information.
(5) The applicant is prohibited by federal, state, or other local law, ordinance, or other regulation from
holding such a license.
(B) However, except as may otherwise be provided by law, the existence of any particular ground for denial
does not mean that the city must deny the license.
(C) lf a license is mistakenly issued or renewed to a person, it shall be revoked upon the discovery that the
person was ineligible for the license under this article.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see 5 5.313
Section 5
5.306 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
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It shall be a violation of this article for any person, or employee or responsible party, to sell or offer to sell any
tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device:
(A) To any person under the age of l&llyears.
(B) By means of any type of vending machine
(C) By means of self-service methods whereby the customer does not need to a make a verbal or written
request to an employee of the licensed premise in order to receive the tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco
related device and whereby there is not a physical exchange of the tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco
related device between the licensee, or the licensee's employee, and the customer. This division shal! not
apply to retail stores which derive at least 9Oo/o of their revenue from tobacco and tobacco related products
and which cannot be entered at any time by persons younger than 1&21 years of age.
(D) By means of loosies as defined in 5 5.302.
(E) Containing opium, morphine, jimpson weed, bella donna, strychnos, cocaine, marijuana, or other
deleterious, hallucinogenic, toxic or controlled substances except nicotine and other substances found
naturally in tobacco or added as part of an otherwise lawful manufacturing process. lt is not the intention of
this provision to ban the sale of lawfully manufactured cigarettes or other tobacco products.
(F) By any other means, to any other person, or in any other manner or form prohibited by federal, state or
other local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. 1513, passed 9-25-05) Penalty, see I5.313
Section 5
5.307 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
9 5.307 VENDING MACHINES.
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this article to allow the sale of tobacco, tobacco products,
or tobacco related devices by the means of a vending machine. This section does not apply to vending
machines in facilities that cannot be entered at any time by persons younger than JSll years of age.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. 1513, passed 9-25-06) Penalty, see 5 5.313
Section 7
5.308 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
S 5.308 SELF-SERVICE SALES.
It shall be unlawful for a licensee under this article to allow the sale of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco
related devices by any means where by the customer may have access to such items without having to
request the item from the licensee or the licensee's employee and whereby there is not a physical exchange of
the tobacco, tobacco product, or the tobacco related device between the licensee or his clerk and the
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customer. Alltobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices shall either be stored behind a counter
or other area not freely accessible to customers, or in a case or other storage unit not left open and accessible
to the general public. Any retailer selling tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices at the time
this article is adopted shall comply with this section within 90 days following the effective date of this article.
This section shall not apply to retail stores which derive at least 8Oo/o of their revenue from tobacco and
tobacco related products and which cannot be entered at any time by persons younger than {Sf I years of
age.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98; Am. Ord. 1513, passed 9-25-05) Penalty, see $ 5.313
Section 8
5.310 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
5 5.310 COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND INSPECTIONS.
All licensed premises shall be open to inspection by the city police or other authorized city official during
regular business hours. From time to time, but at least once per year, the city shall conduct compliance
checks by engaging, with the written consent of their parents or guardians, minors over the age of 15 years
but less than t$f 1 years to enter the licensed premise to attempt to purchase tobacco, tobacco products, or
tobacco related devices. Minors used for the purpose of compliance checks shall be supervised by city
designated law enforcement officers or other designated city personnel. Minors used for compliance checks
shall not be guilty of unlawful possession of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices when such
items are obtained as a part of the compliance check. No minor used in compliance checks shall attempt to
use a false identification misrepresenting the minor's age, and all minors lawfully engaged in a compliance
check shall answer all questions about the minor's age asked by the licensee or his employee and shall
produce any identification, if any exists, for which he is asked. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
compliance checks authorized by state or federal laws for educational, research, or training purposes, or
required for the enforcement of a particular state or federal law.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see $ 5.313
Section 9
5.311 of the Columbia Heights City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:
5 5.311 OTHER ILLEGAL ACTS.
Unless otherwise provided, the following acts shall be a violation of this article:
(A) lllegol soles. lt shall be a violation of this article for any person to sell or otherwise provide any tobacco,
tobacco product, ortobacco related device to any minor.
(B) lllegal possession lt shall be a violation of this article for any minor to have in his possession any
tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device. This division (B) shall not apply to minors lawfully
involved in a compliance check.
(C) lllegoluse. lt shall be a violation of this article for any minor to smoke, chew, sniff or otherwise use any
tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device.
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(D) lllegol procurement. lt shall be a violation of this article for any minor to purchase or attempt to
purchase or otherwise obtain any tobacco, tobacco product or tobacco related device, and it shall be a
violation of this article for any person to purchase or otherwise obtain such items on behalf of a minor. lt shall
further be a violation for any person to sell or otherwise provide any tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco
related device to any minor, and it shall further be a violation to coerce or attempt to coerce a minor to
illegally purchase or otherwise obtain or use any tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device. This
division shall not apply to minors lawfully involved in a compliance check.
(E) Use of folse identificotion. lt shall be a violation of this article for any minor to attempt to disguise his
true age by the use of a false form of identification, whether the identification is that of another person or one
on which the age of the person has been modified or tampered with to represent an age older than the actual
age ofthe person.
(Fl Smokinq and somplinq indoors ore prohi'bited. No person shall smoke indoors in a public place, indoors at
a public meetine. or indoors at place of emplovment. This subdivision also prohibits the Samplins of tobacco.
tobacco products. electronic deliverv devices, nicotine or lobelia deliverv products and products used in
electronic delivery devices and nicotine or lobelia deliverv products.
(Ord. 1371, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see I5.313
Section 10
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 30 days after its passage
First Reading:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
RollCall:
Second Reading:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
June L4,2O2L
Novitsky
Murzyn, Jr.
AllAyes
Date of Passage: JuneL4,2O2L
Attest
Am da Md rquez Simula, Mayor
1rfrd"ffiopu^
rl i.of
"
iineley CitlCIe{k/counci I Secretary
May 24,2O2L
Novitsky
Jacobs
AllAyes
SUMMARY OF ORD!NANCE 1667
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.3 OF THE COTUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY CODE TO UPDATE
THE TEGAL AGE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE TOBACCO, AND PROHIBIT SMOKING AND
SAMPTING INDOORS
The City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota adopted Ordinance No. 1667 on
June 14,2027.
The purposes of this ordinance are to set the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco within
the City to 2L, and to prohibit indoor smoking and sampling.
This is a summary of Ordinance No. 7667. A copy of the entire text of the Ordinance is available
for public inspection during regular office hours at City Hall, by standard or electronic mail, or at
www.colu m biaheightsm n.gov.
Attest
Mii rquez Simu la, Mayor
1/k*&ffi^Al,ry
Nicole Tingley, city 6"-[corn.il s".r"trry
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COI.INTY OF ANOKA
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION CITY OF COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS
SUMMARY OF
ORDlNANCE 1667
AN ORDINANCEAMENDING
CHAPTER 5.3 OF THE
COLUMBI,A HEIGHTS CITY
CODE TO UPDATE THE
LEGAL AGE REQUIRED
TO PURCHASE TOBACCO,
AND PROHIBIT SMOKING
AND SAMPLING INDOORS
The City Council for the City of
Columbia Heights, Minnesota ad-
opted Ordinance No. 1667 on June
14,2021.
The purposes of this ordinance
are to set the legal minimum age to
purchase tobacco within the City to
21, and to prohibit indoor smoking
and sampling.
This is a summary of Ordinance
No. 1667. A copy of the entir€ text
of the Ordinance is available for
public inspection during regular
office hours at City Hall, by stan-
dard or electronic mail, or at www.
columbiaheightsmn.gov.
Attest:
/VAmdda MAquez Simula,
Mayor
/YNicole Tingley,
City ClerUCouncil Secretary
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