[R.O. 2008 § 215.610; Ord. No. 5779 § 1, 4-12-2012]
For purposes of this Article, the
following definitions shall apply:
DISTRIBUTE
A conveyance to the public by sale, barter, gift or sample.
MINOR
A person under the age of eighteen (18).
PROOF OF AGE
A driver's license or other generally accepted means of identification
that contains a picture of the individual and appears on its face
to be valid.
RETAIL TOBACCO STORE
A retail store used primarily for the sale of tobacco products
and accessories and where more than seventy percent (70%) of the volume
of trade or business carried on there is that of the blending of tobaccos
or sales of tobaccos, cigarettes, pipes, cigars or smoking sundries
and in which the sale of other products is incidental. A "retail tobacco
store" shall not include a tobacco department used primarily for the
sale of smoking materials as part of a larger commercial establishment
such as a department store, discount store or bar or retail store.
ROLLING PAPERS
Paper designed, manufactured, marketed or sold for use primarily
as a wrapping or enclosure for tobacco which enables a person to roll
loose tobacco into a smokeable cigarette.
SAMPLE
A tobacco product distributed to members of the general public
at no cost or at nominal cost for product promotional purposes.
SAMPLING
The distribution to members of the general public of tobacco
product samples.
TOBACCO PARAPHERNALIA
Any instrument, utensil or device used for smoking or inhaling
tobacco or similar plant products including, but not limited to, rolling
papers; metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic or ceramic pipes;
water pipes; hookahs; carburetion tubes and devices; and bongs.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Any substance containing tobacco leaf including, but not
limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco
or dipping tobacco.
VENDING MACHINE
Any mechanical, electric or electronic self-service device
which, upon insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment,
dispenses tobacco products.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.635; Ord. No. 5779 § 2, 4-12-2012]
A. The on-site display, sale or distribution
of tobacco paraphernalia to consumers is hereby prohibited except
in retail tobacco stores.
B. No person shall display, sell or distribute
tobacco paraphernalia except as provided in this Section.
[R.O. 2008 § 215.640]
No person shall sell cigarettes or
tobacco products unless the person has a retail sales tax license.