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Ord 865 Page 5 Subd. 8. Display.All licenses shall be posted and displayed in plain view of the general public on the licensed premise. Subd. 9. Renewals. The renewal of a license issued under this section shall be handled in the same manner as the original application. Subd. 10. Issuance as privilege and not a right.The issuance of a license issued under this section shall be considered a privilege and not an absolute right of the applicant and shall not entitle the holder to an automatic renewal of the license. Subd. 11. Proximity to youth-oriented facilities. No license shall be granted pursuant to this Chapter to any person for any retail sales of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices,or nicotine or lobelia delivery devices within 1,000 feet of any school,playground, house of worship, or youth-oriented facility, as measured by the shortest line between the space to be occupied by the proposed licensee and the occupied space of the school, playground,house of worship, or youth-oriented facility,unless that person has been in the business of selling such products in that location before the date this Chapter was enacted into law for at least one year. For the purpose of this section, a youth-oriented facility is defined to include any facility with residents,customers,visitors,or inhabitants of which 25 percent or more are regularly under the age of 21 or which primarily sells, rents, or offers services or products that are consumed or used primarily by persons under the age of 21. Subd.12. Proximity to other tobacco retailers. No license shall be granted pursuant to this Chapter to any person for any retail sales of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices,or nicotine or lobelia delivery devices within 2,000 feet of any other establishment holding such a license,as measured by the shortest line between the space to be occupied by the proposed licensee and the occupied space of the nearest existing licensee, unless that person has been in the business of selling such products in that location before the date this section was enacted into law for at least one year. Subd. 13. Proximity limitation. The proximity limitations referenced in Subdivisions 11 and 12 of this Section shall only apply to new licenses approved after January 1,2012,and shall not apply to renewals and approved transfers. Any license allowed to lapse for more than a twelve month period shall be considered a new license for purposes of this subdivision. Subd. 14. Smoking. a. Smoking shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within the indoor area of any retail establishment with a tobacco license. Smoking for the purposes of sampling tobacco and tobacco related products is prohibited. b. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 144.4167, subdivision 4, tobacco may be lit in a retail establishment if all of the following circumstances are met: