As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
HEALTH OFFICER
The administrative officer of the Township and/or his or
her authorized representative.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
PERSON
An individual, partnership, cooperative, association, corporation,
personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee or any other
legal entity.
SELF-SERVICE DISPLAYS
A display or display shelves designed for the customer to
serve himself/herself without the aid of a sales clerk and where the
customer is required to pay the cashier upon leaving.
TOBACCO
Any product made from the tobacco plant for the purpose of
smoking, chewing, inhaling and other personal use, including cigars,
chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff and cigarettes in any form.
TOBACCO RETAILER
Any person or entity that operates a store, stand, booth,
concession or place at which sales of tobacco are made to purchasers
for consumption or use, and shall mean a person or entity that owns
or operates a vending machine.
VENDING MACHINE
Any automated, self-service device which, upon insertion
of money, tokens or any other form of payments, dispenses cigarettes
or other tobacco products.
[Amended 10-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-105]
A. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.1,
it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give a permit to be sold,
give and/or furnish to an individual under the age of 19 tobacco in
any form.
B. A sign, not less than six inches by eight inches shall
be posted in a conspicuous place near each cash register in all retail
establishments which sell tobacco products containing the following
language:
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SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS UNDER THE
AGE OF 19 IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. Legal proof of age must be shown.
A person who sells or offers to sell a tobacco product to a person
under 19 years of age may be prosecuted in accordance with state and
local ordinances.
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[Amended 10-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-105]
It shall be unlawful for a tobacco retailer
to sell or permit to be sold tobacco to any individual without requesting
and examining identification from the purchaser, positively establishing
the purchaser's age as 19 years or greater, unless the seller has
some other conclusive basis for determining the purchaser is over
the age of 19 years of age.
[Amended 7-2-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-46]
Sale of tobacco products through vending machines
shall be prohibited.
Self-service displays of tobacco products, from
which individual packages or individual cigarettes may be selected
by the customer, are prohibited.
The Township Health Officer and/or his or her
designee, and/or a Township law enforcement officer, shall be responsible
for the enforcement of this chapter.