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1820-90
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS
13-1350 THROUGH 13-1354, REGULATING THE SALE OF CIGARETTES.
The City of St. Louis Park, does ordain:
Section I FINDINGS The City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park Finds the following:
Whereas, Smoking is detrimental to the present and long-term
health of persons who smoke; and
Whereas, Numerous studies show that cigarettes are a major
contributor to both short and long-term health damage; and
Whereas, Recent studies show that cigarette smokers start smoking
at an average age of fourteen (14) and under; and
Whereas, Recent studies show that minors have easy access to
cigarettes through cigarette vending machines; and
Whereas, Recent studies show that cigarette vending machines are
the medium of choice for minor smokers under the age of seventeen
(17).
Now, Therefore, the City council, of the City of St. Louis Park
does Ordain the following:
Section 13-1350. Cigarettes over the counter: License
Required. No person, shall sell any cigarette, package of
cigarettes, retail carton of cigarettes or otherwise
dispense any cigarette or cigarette wrapper at any place
within the City of St. Louis Park without obtaining a
license issued by the City for said practice.
Section 13-1351. Cigarettes over the counter: Application
and Issuance. Application for such license shall be made to
the City Clerk on a form provided by the city. The
applicant must state its full and true name and address, the
location of the building the kind of business conducted
at such location and any other information as shall be
required by the application and/or the City Clerk.
Section 13-1352 License Fee. The annual fee for every such
license shall be $15. The fee for a license issued which
shall be valid after June 30 and until December 31 of a
single year shall be $7.50.
Section 13-1353. Over the Counter Sales: Restrictions:
a. No person shall sell, allow the sale of, or give away
any cigarette or cigarette wrapper to any person under
the age of eighteen (18).
b. The use of vending machines and/or any other such
automatic type devices is prohibited in the sale and/or
distribution of cigarettes or cigarette wrappers at any
location within the corporate limits of the City of St.
Louis Park.
c. No person shall keep for sale, sell, allow the sale
of, give away, or dispose of any cigarette containing
opium, morphine, jimson weed, belladonna stychnia,
cocaine, marijuana, or any other deleterious or
poisonous drug except nicotine.
d. No license shall be issued to an applicant for sale of
cigarettes at any place other than the applicants
established place of business. No license shall be
issued for the sale of cigarettes at a movable place of
business; nor shall any license be issued for the sale
of cigarettes at more than one place of business.
Section 13-1354. Cigarettes: Penalties.
a. Anyone found to be selling or allowing the sale of
cigarettes or cigarette wrappers within the City without
a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
b. Any establishment licensed under Section 13-1350 of this
code which is in violation of Section 13-1353
shall be guilty of a Gross Misdemeanor and said license
shall be revoked.
Section VI. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect
March 1, 1990.
Adopted by the City Counc,1 February 5, 1990.
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for one
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