[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Alexandria 10-11-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any police or peace officer or law enforcement official or the Administrative or Health Officer of the Alexandria Township Board of Health, and/or his or her authorized representatives, including representatives of the Hunterdon County Health Department.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, cooperative, association, corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee or any other legal entity.
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
Any place or business that sells to the public at retail.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any product made from the tobacco plant or containing tobacco leaf, for the purpose of smoking, chewing, inhaling or other personal use, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff and dipping tobacco.
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; shall also mean a person or entity that owns, operates or uses a vending machine and/or a vending machine location.
TOBACCO VENDING MACHINE
Any mechanical, electrical or electronic self-service device, which, upon insertion of monies, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses tobacco or tobacco products, either exclusively or as one kind of an available item.
VENDING MACHINE LOCATION
The room, enclosure, space or area where a tobacco vending machine is installed and operated.
The following 6 inch by 8 inch sign shall be posted in a conspicuous place near each cash register in all retail establishments which sell tobacco products, in addition to any sign required by state law:
SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 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 18 years of age shall be prosecuted in accordance with state and local law.
It shall be unlawful for a tobacco retailer to sell or permit to be sold tobacco to any individual without first requesting and examining identification from the purchaser positively establishing the purchaser's age as 18 years or greater, unless the seller has some other conclusive basis for determining the buyer is over the age of 18 years.
In view of the indiscriminate sales of tobacco products to minors through tobacco vending machines, all tobacco vending machines are hereby prohibited in the Township of Alexandria. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to possess, own, operate, rent or permit the use of, or operation of, a tobacco vending machine in, on, or about the premises under his or her ownership, control or management or to sell, or offer for sale any tobacco product through a tobacco vending machine in the Township of Alexandria.
A. 
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating this chapter shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. Each day on which a tobacco vending machine owned, operated, rented or permitted on the premises of the person, firm, corporation or association shall be deemed a separate violation and shall be subject to an additional fine or penalty as herein set forth.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
The enforcement officer should have the power to investigate any alleged violations of this chapter and to issue a summons and complaint where there has been a violation of this chapter in Municipal Court or other court having jurisdiction.