The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section:
"Employee"
means any person who is employed by any employer in consideration for direct or indirect wages or profit, and any person who volunteers his or her services for a nonprofit entity.
"Minor"
means any person under the age of eighteen years.
"Nonprofit entity"
means any corporation, unincorporated association or other entity created for charitable, philanthropic, education character-building, political, social or other similar purpose, the net proceeds from the operations of which are committed to the promotion of the objectives or purposes of the entity and not to private gain. A public agency is not a "nonprofit entity" within the meaning of this section.
"Self-service display"
means any open display of tobacco products and point-of-sale tobacco-related promotional products that the public has access to without the intervention of an employee.
"Tobacco product"
means any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff or any other form of tobacco which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhaling or other manner of ingestion.
"Tobacco retailer"
means any person or governmental entity that operates a store, stand, booth, concession, or other place at which sales of tobacco products are made to purchasers for consumption or use.
"Vendor-assisted"
means that only a store employee has access to the tobacco product and assists a customer by supplying the tobacco product, and the customer does not take possession of the tobacco product until it is purchased.
(Ord. 1366 § 1, 2000)
(a) 
No person, business, tobacco retailer or owner, manager or employee of a business tobacco retailer shall engage in the sale of tobacco products without first posting a plainly visible sign at the point of purchase of tobacco products which has wording similar to: "THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS IS PROHIBITED BY LAW AND SUBJECT TO PENALTIES. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED OF PURCHASERS APPEARING TO BE UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE." The letters of the sign shall be at least one-half inch high.
(b) 
No person, business, tobacco retailer or owner, manager or employee of any business or tobacco retailer shall sell, offer to sell or permit to be sold, any tobacco product to any purchaser who appears to be under eighteen years of age, without first verifying by means of photographic identification containing the bearer's date of birth, that the purchase is not under eighteen years of age, unless the seller has some other reasonable and reliable basis for determining the purchaser's age.
(c) 
No person, business, tobacco retailer or owner, manager or employee of any business or tobacco retailer shall sell, offer to sell or permit to be sold, any tobacco product not in the original packaging provided by the manufacturer and with all required health warnings.
(d) 
No person, business or tobacco retailer or owner, manager or employee of any business or tobacco retailer shall sell, offer for sale, display for sale, or permit to be sold, offered for sale or displayed for sale, any tobacco product by means of self-service display or by any means other than vendor-assisted sales.
(Ord. 1366 § 1, 2000)
No person, business, tobacco retailer or owner or manager of any business or tobacco retailer shall discharge, refuse to hire or in any manner retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant agrees to abide by the provisions of this chapter.
No person, business, tobacco retailer or owner or manager of any business or tobacco retailer shall intimidate or threaten any reprisal or effect any reprisal for the purpose of retaliating against any person because such person seeks to attain compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1366 § 1, 2000)