[Prior code § 9.29]
The purpose of this chapter is to reduce minor children's exposure to cigarette usage and to discourage minor children from using tobacco products.
[Prior code § 9.29(A)]
As used in this chapter:
EDUCATIONAL FACILITY
Any building used principally for educational purposes in which a school is located or a course of instruction or training program is offered that has been approved or licensed by a state agency or board.
SCHOOL GROUNDS
The area immediately surrounding and in possession of the educational facility.
SMOKING
Carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other lighted smoking equipment.
[Prior code § 9.29(B); amended 8-16-2010 by Ord. No. 265]
A. 
Smoking Ban Adopted. The Village hereby adopts, by reference, the provisions of Wis. Stats. Section 101.123, Smoking prohibited, pertaining to the statewide smoking ban.
B. 
Definitions. For purposes of enforcing the smoking ban in the Village of Darien, the following definition shall apply instead of the definition found in state statutes:
ENCLOSED PLACE
All space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded by walls, doors, or windows, whether open or closed, covering more than 50% of the combined surface area of the vertical planes constituting the perimeter of the area. A wall includes any retractable divider, garage door, or other physical barrier, whether temporary or permanent. A 0.011-gauge screen with an 18 x 16 mesh count is not a wall.
C. 
Inspection and Enforcement. The Police Department shall have the power to enter any premises subject to the smoking ban under state law to ascertain whether the premises are in compliance with this section and take appropriate enforcement action pursuant to Wis. Stats. Section 101.123.
[Prior code § 9.29(C)]
A. 
A person in charge of an educational facility or his or her agent may designate smoking areas in the educational facility or on school grounds unless a fire marshal, law, ordinance, or resolution prohibits smoking.
B. 
A person in charge or his or her agent may not designate an entire building or school grounds as a smoking area.
[Added 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 290]
A. 
Definitions. In this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CIGARETTE
Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any substance other than tobacco.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, organization, association, corporation, trustee or legal entity of any kind.
RETAILER
Any person licensed under Section 134.65(1), Wis. Stats.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug-cut, crimp-cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine-cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and smoking; but does not include cigarettes, as defined under Section 139.30(1m), Wis. Stats.
VENDING MACHINE
Any mechanical device that automatically dispenses cigarettes or tobacco products when money or tokens are deposited in the device in payment for cigarettes or tobacco products.
B. 
Prohibition.
1. 
No retailer may sell or give to any person under the age of 18 any cigarette or tobacco products at any time.
2. 
No retailer may provide for nominal or no consideration cigarettes or tobacco products to any person except in a place where no person younger than 18 years of age is present or permitted to enter unless the person who is younger than 18 years of age is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian or by his or her spouse who has attained the age of 18 years.
C. 
Regulations.
1. 
The owner or operator of a premises which sells cigarettes or tobacco products shall post a sign in the immediate area where those products are sold stating that the sale of any cigarette or tobacco products to a person under the age of 18 is unlawful under this section and Sections 134.66 and 254.92, Wis. Stats.
2. 
A retailer or vending machine operator may not sell cigarettes or tobacco products from a vending machine, except in a facility where individuals under the age of 18 are not present or permitted at any time, as provided in 21 CFR Part 1140.
3. 
No retailer may sell cigarettes in a form other than as a package or container on which a stamp is affixed under Section 139.32(1), Wis. Stats.
D. 
Defense of Retailer. Proof of all the following facts by a retailer who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to a person under the age of 18 is a defense to any prosecution for a violation of Subsection B.1:
1. 
That the purchaser falsely represented that he or she had attained the age of 18 and presented an identification card.
2. 
That the appearance of the purchaser was such that an ordinary and prudent person would believe that the purchaser had attained the age of 18.
3. 
That the sale was made in good faith, in reasonable reliance on the identification card and appearance that the purchaser had attained the age of 18.
E. 
Penalties.
1. 
Any person convicted of violating this section, except Subsection C-1, shall be subject to the following forfeitures:
a. 
Not more than $500 if the person has not committed a previous violation within 12 months of the violation.
b. 
Not less than $200 nor more than $500 if the person has committed a previous violation within 12 months of the violation.
2. 
If the court finds that a person licensed under Section 134.65(1), Wis. Stats., committed a violation, the license of the person shall be suspended for the following periods of time:
a. 
Not more than three days if the person committed a violation within 12 months after committing one previous violation.
b. 
Not less than three days nor more than 10 days if the person committed a violation within 12 months after committing two previous violations.
c. 
Not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days if the person committed the violation within 12 months after committing three or more previous violations.
3. 
Upon suspension of the license under Subsection E.2.b, the court shall promptly mail notice of the suspension to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
4. 
Any person convicted of violating Subsection C.1 shall forfeit not more than $25.
[Added 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 290]
A. 
False Representation Illegal. No person under 18 years of age may falsely represent his or her age for the purpose of receiving any cigarette or tobacco product.
B. 
Exception. No person under 18 years of age may purchase or possess cigarettes or tobacco product except as follows:
1. 
A person under 18 years of age may purchase or possess cigarettes or tobacco products for the sole purpose of resale in the course of employment during his or her working hours if employed by a retailer.
2. 
A person under 18 years of age, but not under 15 years of age, may purchase, attempt to purchase or possess cigarettes or tobacco products in the course of his or her participation in an investigation under Section 254.916, Wis. Stats., that is conducted in accordance with Subsection C and Section 254.916(3), Wis. Stats.
C. 
Investigation Exception. With the permission of his or her parent or guardian, a person under the age of 18 years, but not under 15 years of age, may buy, attempt to buy or possess any cigarette or tobacco product if all of the following are true:
1. 
The person commits the act for the purpose of conducting an investigation under Section 254.916, Wis. Stats.
2. 
The person is directly supervised during the conducting of the investigation by an adult employee of a governmental regulatory authority.
3. 
The person has prior written authorization to commit the act from a governmental regulatory authority or a district attorney or from an authorized agent of a governmental regulatory authority or a district attorney.
D. 
Seizure. A police officer shall seize any cigarette or tobacco product that has been sold to and is in the possession of a person under 18 years of age.
E. 
Penalty. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be subject to a forfeiture not to exceed $50.
[Prior code § 9.29(D)]
The person in charge of the educational facility or his or her agent shall:
A. 
Post signs identifying designated smoking areas; and
B. 
Arrange seating areas to accommodate nonsmokers if smoking areas are adjacent to nonsmoking areas.
[Prior code § 9.29(E)]
Any person who violates this chapter is subject to not less than $1 nor more than $1,258.