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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 <br />August 7, 1997 <br />TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Kathy Glanzer, Administrative Assistant <br />RE: Tobacco Ordinance & Compliance Checks <br />MAYOR <br />Michael I. Fahey <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Jim LaVaile <br />Steve Morel= <br />Bob Pedersen <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />Tobacco Ordinance Revisions: <br />The State's new tobacco law became effective August 1, 1997. This law requires that <br />City ordinances contain at a minimum the State provisions relating to the following (see <br />July 2nd League article for specifics of each provision): <br />- Administrative penalty; <br />- Penalty for minors; <br />- Mandatory compliance checks; <br />- Prohibition on vending machine sales unless minors are at all times prohibited <br />from entering the licensed establishment; <br />- Prohibition on self - service sales of individual cigarette packages. <br />Cities have the option of being more restrictive than the new State Statute, but not less <br />restrictive. You will recall that earlier this year the City applied for an exemption from <br />Federal Law requirements. It is my understanding this is not an option with the State <br />Statutes. <br />In reviewing the City's Tobacco Ordinance as it relates to each of the State provisions <br />listed above, I have noted the following: <br />Administrative penalty — the City's ordinance appears to be more restrictive in <br />that fines are higher than the State's. <br />Penalty for minors — the City's ordinance does not contain a provision <br />establishing a penalty for minors. <br />Mandatory compliance checks — the City's ordinance states that any applicant or <br />Page 47 <br />