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Ord 865 Page 4 Subd. 13. TOBACCO-RELATED DEVICES.Tobacco-related devices includes any tobacco product as well as a pipe, rolling papers, ashtray, or other device intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing,sniffing or smoking of tobacco or tobacco products. Subd. 14. VENDING MACHINE. Any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of device which dispenses tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related devices upon the insertion of money,tokens or other form of payment directly into the machine by the person seeking to purchase the tobacco, tobacco product or tobacco-related device. 512.03: LICENSE: Subd. 1. License required. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco,tobacco products, tobacco-related device,or nicotine or lobelia delivery device without first having obtained a license to do so from the City. Subd. 2. Application. An application for a license to sell tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco- related devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery devices shall be made on a form provided by the City. The application shall contain the full name of the applicant, the applicant's residential and business addresses and telephone numbers, the name of the business for which the license is sought,and any additional information the City deems necessary.Upon receipt of a completed application,the City Administrator shall forward the application to the City Council for action at its next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. If the City Administrator shall determine that an application is incomplete, he or she shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete. Subd. 3. Action.The City Council may either approve or deny the license,or it may delay action for a reasonable period of time as necessary to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant it deems necessary. If the City Council shall approve the license, the City Administrator shall issue the license to the applicant. If the City Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant along with notice of the applicant's right to appeal the City Council's decision. Subd. 4. Term. The license is effective from July 1st to June 30th of each year. Subd. 5. Revocation or suspension. Any license issued under this section may be revoked or suspended as provided in Section 512.12. Subd. 6. Transfers.All licenses issued under this Chapter shall be valid only on the premises for which the license was issued and only for the person to whom the license was issued. No transfer of any license to another location or person shall be valid without the prior approval of the City Council. Subd. 7. Moveable place of business. No license shall be issued to a moveable place of business. Only fixed location businesses shall be eligible to be licensed under this section.