[R.O. 1996 § 625.010; CC 1968 § 6-1; Ord. No. 280 § 1, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 2949 § 1, 12-16-1996]
When used in this Chapter, the following
words shall have the meanings herein indicated:
An item manufactured of tobacco or any substitute therefor,
wrapped in paper or any substitute therefor, weighing not to exceed
three (3) pounds per one thousand (1,000) cigarettes and which is
commonly classified, labeled or advertised as a cigarette.
Any automatic vending machine used for the sale of cigarettes
and matches or cigarettes only, and controlled by the insertion of
a coin or coins.
Any person dealing directly with the manufacturer of cigarettes
in their purchase and in the business of selling cigarettes as a first
seller.
Vapes, e-hookahs, vape pens, electronic cigar, electronic
cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic nicotine delivery system, vapor
cartridge or other container of liquid nicotine, or any product that
works by heating a liquid containing nicotine to produce an aerosol
that users inhale into their lungs.
[Ord. No. 4872, 11-18-2019[1]]
Shall include wholesalers and retailers as described above
and further, every person, corporation, copartnership or association
of persons, who shall deal in the selling of cigarettes at any store,
stand or place occupied for that purpose, in the City of Blue Springs,
Missouri. The term, "merchant" shall also include any one of the above
who owns, rents or leases or controls one (1) or more cigarette vending
machines as described herein.
The tax imposed by the City under this Chapter on the business
and for the privilege of selling cigarettes at retail in the City.
A container of any type composition in which is normally
contained twenty (20) individual cigarettes, except as in special
instances when the number may be more or less than twenty (20).
Any person who sells to a consumer or to any person for any
purpose other than resale.
Includes sales, barters, exchanges and every other manner,
method and form of transferring the ownership of personal property
from one person to another. “Sale” also means the possession
of cigarettes or tobacco products by any person other than a manufacturer,
wholesaler or retailer and shall be prima facie evidence of possession
for consumption.
Any person, firm or corporation organized and existing, or
doing business, primarily to sell cigarettes or tobacco products to,
and render service to, retailers in the territory the person, firm
or corporation chooses to serve; that purchases cigarettes or tobacco
products directly from the manufacturer; that carries at all times
at their or its principal place of business a representative stock
of cigarettes or tobacco products for sale; and that comes into the
possession of cigarettes or tobacco products for the purpose of selling
them to retailers or to persons outside or within the State who might
resell or retail the cigarettes or tobacco products to consumers.
This shall include any manufacturer, jobber, broker, agent or other
person, whether or not enumerated in this Chapter, who so sells or
so distributes cigarettes or tobacco products.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.020; CC 1968 § 6-2; Ord. No. 280 § 12, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 1931 § 1, 3-19-1990; Ord.
No. 4872, 11-18-2019[1]]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler,
retailer, merchant or other person to sell or permit the sale on premises
under their control within the corporate limits of the City, cigarettes
or tobacco products as described herein to any person who is not at
least twenty-one (21) years of age. The provisions of this Section
shall apply to the sale of cigarettes through cigarette vending machines
as well as other sales.
[Ord. No. 4906, 5-18-2020]
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any wholesaler, retailer, merchant, or other
person to sell or permit the sale on premises under their control
within the corporate limits of the City, electronic cigarettes as
described herein to any person who is not at least twenty-one (21)
years of age. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to the
sale of electronic cigarettes through vending machines as well as
other sales. This Subsection shall not apply to products used to administer
medical marijuana sold at medical marijuana dispensaries licensed
by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 4872 also changed the title of this
Section from "Sales To Minors Prohibited" to "Sales Prohibited."
A.
No person less than eighteen (18) years
of age shall purchase, attempt to purchase or possess cigarettes or
other tobacco products unless such person is an employee of a seller
of cigarettes or tobacco products and is in such possession to effect
a sale in the course of employment or an employee of the Division
of Liquor Control for enforcement purposes pursuant to Subsection
(5) of Section 407.934, RSMo.
B.
No person less than eighteen (18) years
of age shall misrepresent their age to purchase cigarettes or tobacco
products.
C.
No
person less than twenty-one (21) years of age shall purchase, attempt
to purchase or possess electronic cigarettes unless such person is
an employee of a seller of alternative nicotine products or vapor
products and is in such possession to effect a sale in the course
of employment or an employee of the Division of Liquor Control for
enforcement purposes pursuant to Subsection (5) of Section 407.934,
RSMo. This Subsection shall not apply to products used to administer
medical marijuana sold at medical marijuana dispensaries licensed
by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
D.
No
person less than twenty-one (21) years of age shall misrepresent their
age to purchase electronic cigarettes.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 4872 also changed the title of this
Section from "Possession By Minors Prohibited" to "Possession Prohibited."
[R.O. 1996 § 625.030; CC 1968 § 6-3; Ord. No. 280 § 13, 4-20-1965]
Any wholesaler, jobber, retailer, merchant or person who shall violate any provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, in addition to other punishment or forfeiture set forth and provided for herein, shall be punished as set forth in Section 100.080. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.040; CC 1968 § 6-14; Ord. No. 280 § 2, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 419 § 1, 3-3-1969]
Every merchant or other person engaged
in selling cigarettes or offering, delivering or displaying the same
for sale within the City, including but not limited to the sale, offering,
delivering or displaying thereof, through vending machines, shall
procure an occupation license therefor for each place of business
that they desire to have for sale or distribution of cigarettes, and
at the time such license is issued shall pay to the Director of Finance
an occupation license tax at the rate of two dollars ($2.00) per thousand
(1,000) for each and all cigarettes sold, offered, delivered or displayed
for sale in the City.
[1]
Editor's Note: R.O. 1996 § 625.050, Cigarette Vending
Machine License — Required — Application — Fee,
was removed by the City during the 2019 recodification project.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.060; CC 1968 § 6-16; Ord. No. 280 § 4, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 2949 § 3, 12-16-1996]
A.
Tax Levy. Every dealer or wholesaler engaged in the business of selling cigarettes or offering or displaying the same for sale within the City shall pay the tax set forth in Section 625.040 for each package of twenty (20) cigarettes sold or offered or displayed for sale. This tax shall be paid but once, as provided for in Subsection (B)(2) of this Section, and only by the dealer/wholesaler selling cigarettes or displaying or offering them for sale.
B.
Monthly Tax Payment.
2.
It shall be the duty of every dealer or wholesaler, as defined in Section 625.010, selling, offering or displaying for sale any package of cigarettes, to remit the monthly cigarette tax reporting form and full payment by the 15th day of each following month. The canceled check, accompanied by the monthly cigarette tax reporting form, shall be proof of payment.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.070; CC 1968 § 6-17; Ord. No. 280 § 7, 4-20-1965]
An occupation license and/or cigarette
vending machine license provided for herein, shall be procured from
the Director of Finance upon an application form prescribed, prepared
and furnished by said Department, and shall set forth such information
as required by this Section. The application shall be made under oath
and be accompanied by the registration and/or machine license fee
provided for herein. Upon approval of the application, the Director
of Finance shall grant and issue to the applicant an occupation license
or cigarette vending machine license as hereinbefore provided. Occupation
licenses and cigarette vending machine licenses shall not be assignable
and shall be valid only for the person in whose name issued, for the
machine identified therein, and for the transaction of business at
the place designated therein; they shall at all times be conspicuously
displayed at the premises for which issued or on the machine for which
issued.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.080; CC 1968 § 6-18; Ord. No. 280 § 7, 4-20-1965]
A.
The application for an occupation license
and/or cigarette vending machine license shall state the name and
address of the applicant, or if the applicant is a firm, partnership
or association, all of the names and addresses of each member of the
firm, partnership or association, or if the applicant is a corporation,
the names and addresses of all of the officers, the Board of Directors,
and all of the stockholders of the corporation; in the case of a corporation
with more than ten (10) stockholders, a statement of the names and
addresses of the officers and Directors who are residents of the State
of Missouri and the name and address of the corporation's manager
of its place of business in Blue Springs, Missouri, shall be sufficient.
The application shall generally describe the premises for which the
license applied for shall cover, such description to include the street
address, if any, of the premises. Such application shall also state
the name and address of the person in charge of the premises where
the cigarettes are to be sold or in charge of the vending machines,
and whether or not said person has ever been convicted of an offense
under the laws of this or any other state relating to the sale or
dispensing of cigarettes, or any felony.
B.
It shall clearly be stated upon the application
whether either occupation or vending machine license is applied for,
or whether both of the licenses are desired, and the registration
fee and/or license fee shall be paid to the Director at the time of
filing the application.
C.
Any false statement of a material matter
made in the application shall be deemed cause for suspension or revocation
of any license issued pursuant to such application.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.090; CC 1968 § 6-19; Ord. No. 280 § 7, 4-20-1965]
No license shall be issued unless
the applicant is in present possession of the premises described in
their application, at the time the application is presented to the
Director. And no license shall be issued when the applicant or the
person in charge of the premises where the cigarettes are sold or
in charge of the vending machines has been convicted of any offense
relating to the sale or dispensing of cigarettes or any felony.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.100; CC 1968 § 6-20; Ord. No. 280 § 7, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 3025 § 5, 11-3-1997]
A.
Duration. All licenses shall expire on
the last day of February in each and every year unless sooner surrendered,
or unless upon notice and hearing the license is suspended or revoked
for cause by the City Council.
B.
Pro Rated License Fees. There shall be
no pro rata charges made for the issuance of any license as prescribed
hereunder, and the full fee must be paid, no matter what month of
the year any license application is made.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.110; CC 1968 § 6-21; Ord. No. 280 § 8, 4-20-1965]
A.
Authority Of City To Suspend — Notice Required. The Director of Community Development may, upon hearing, suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this Chapter whenever a person or merchant licensed hereunder has not, at all times, complied with all provisions of this Chapter, or facts or information become known which would have prevented original issuance of said license, first having given such licensee written notice in accordance with the procedure set forth in Chapter 140 of the intention to suspend or revoke their license prior to the order of suspension or revocation issuing, which said notice shall contain the ground or grounds for suspension or revocation set out therein and inform the person to whom the notice is directed of the right to seek an appeal of any suspension or revocation under the provisions of Chapter 140 of this Code and their right to be represented by counsel.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 11, 3-21-2016]
B.
Service Of Notice. The notice of revocation
or suspension hearing shall be served by a Police Officer or duly
appointed agent of the City Administrator and may be served upon the
licensee by leaving a copy thereof with the licensee or any person
or employee who appears to be in charge of the place of business of
said licensee.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 11, 3-21-2016]
C.
Refund Of License Fee. Upon the suspension
or revocation of any license, no license fee paid, or any part thereof,
shall be refunded to the licensee.
D.
Compliance With State Laws Required. Every
licensee shall, in addition to the requirements of this Chapter, comply
in every respect with the cigarette laws of the State of Missouri,
and any violation thereof shall be valid reason for the suspension
or revocation of any license issued under this Chapter.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.120; CC 1968 § 6-22; Ord. No. 280 § 4, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 419 § 2, 3-3-1969; Ord. No. 2949 § 4, 12-16-1996]
A.
Each dealer in the City and those wholesalers and retailers as defined in Section 625.010, shall procure and retain invoices showing the amount and value of the shipment of cigarettes received by them, the date thereof, and the name of the shipper, and shall retain this invoice for a period of two (2) years subject to the use and inspection of the City Council or their duly authorized representatives.
B.
All dealers, wholesalers and retailers as defined in Section 625.010 within the City shall maintain and keep for a period of two (2) years such other records of cigarettes received, sold or delivered within the City as may be required by the City Council.
C.
The City Council or its duly authorized
representatives, are authorized to examine the books, papers, invoices
and other records, stock of cigarettes in and upon any premises where
they are placed, stored or sold, and equipment of any such dealer,
wholesaler, or retailer pertaining to the sale and delivery of cigarettes
taxable under this Chapter.
D.
To verify the accuracy of the occupation tax imposed and assessed by this Chapter, each person, as defined in Section 625.010, is directed and required to give to the City Council or its duly authorized representatives, the means, facilities and opportunity for such examinations as are herein provided for and required.
E.
In addition to the powers herein granted
to the City Council, the Council is authorized and empowered to prescribe,
adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to the
delegation of these powers to a deputy or other employee of the City
and as to any other matter or thing pertaining to the administration
and enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter.
F.
Cigarette tax reporting information received
from the State of Missouri shall be held in confidence and used solely
for verifying cigarette tax payments.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.130; CC 1968 § 6-23; Ord. No. 280 § 9, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 2949 § 5, 12-16-1996]
The City Council is authorized to
adopt, prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations including a
monthly cigarette tax reporting form with regard to the presentation
of claim for refunds and credits as it may deem advisable.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 625.140
through 625.170, which derived from CC 1968 §§ 6-24
— 6-27 and Ord. No. 280 §§ 5 — 6, 10, 4-20-1965,
were repealed 12-16-1996 by Ord. No. 2949 § 6.
[R.O. 1996 § 625.180; CC 1968 § 6-28; Ord. No. 280 § 11, 4-20-1965; Ord. No. 2949 § 7, 12-16-1996]
A.
Seizure Authorized. Whenever the City Council
or any of their duly authorized representatives shall discover any
cigarettes subject to tax, as provided by this Chapter, and upon which
said occupation tax has not been paid, the City Council or their representative
or representatives are hereby authorized and empowered forthwith to
seize and take possession of said cigarettes, together with any vending
machine or other mechanical device for selling and dispensing cigarettes
or receptacle in which they are held for sale, and the same shall
thereupon be deemed to be forfeited to the City.
B.
Sale Of Seized Cigarettes — Disposition
Of Proceeds. The City Council or their duly authorized representatives
may, within a reasonable time thereafter, after public notice at least
five (5) days before the day of sale, sell such forfeited cigarettes
at a place designated by them, and all proceeds shall be forfeited
to the City. The seizure and sale shall not be deemed to relieve any
person or merchant from any punishment by fine or other penalty provided
herein for violation of any provisions of this Chapter.
