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ORDINANCE NO. 865 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE POSSESSION, SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO RELATED DEVICES AND PRODUCTS WITHIN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 500, Chapter 512 of the Mounds View City Code, regulating the sale or distribution of cigarette and tobacco products within the City through the issuance of a tobacco license, by deleting the Chapter in its entirety. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 500 by adding a new Chapter 512 of the Mounds View City Code to regulate the sale, possession and use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices through the issuance of a tobacco license, as follows: CHAPTER 512 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS SECTION: 512.01: Purpose and intent 512.02: Definitions 512.03: License 512.04: Fees 512.05: Basis for denial of license 512.06: Prohibited sales 512.07: Self-service sales 512.08: Responsibility 512.09: Compliance checks and inspections 512.10: Other illegal acts 512.11: Violations and penalty 512.12: Suspension or revocation 512.13: Exceptions and defenses 512.14: Severability 512.01: PURPOSE AND INTENT: Because the City recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess and use tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco- related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices, and the sales, possession, and use are violations of both state and federal laws; and because studies, which the City hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the age of 18 years and that those persons who reach the age of 18 years without having started smoking are significantly