File #: 14-195    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 5/7/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/10/2014 Final action: 6/10/2014
Title: REVISED Communication from the City Manager and the Interim Corporation Counsel with a Request to Adopt one of the following: A. An ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria, increasing the distance of sale of tobacco from a school, prohibiting the sale of e-cigarette to a minor, and prohibiting the possession or sale of drug paraphernalia, new distance restriction will not apply to any location of a current cigarette licensee located within 350 feet as long as the cigarette license for that location has not been revoked for cause. B. An ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria, increasing the distance of sale of tobacco from a school, prohibiting the sale of e-cigarette to a minor, and prohibiting the possession or sale of drug paraphernalia, new distance restriction will not apply to a current licensee located within 350 as long as the cigarette license has not been revoked for cause and the licensee continues to qualify for a renewa...
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Attachments: 1. ORD NO 17,105.pdf, 2. Chap 18 e-cigarette_distance_drug paraphernalia_ver4, 3. Chap 18 e-cigarette_350 distance_drug paraphernalia_ver6_Option B_only gas stations exempted
ACTION REQUESTED:
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REVISED Communication from the City Manager and the Interim Corporation Counsel with a Request to Adopt one of the following:

A. An ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria, increasing the distance of sale of tobacco from a school, prohibiting the sale of e-cigarette to a minor, and prohibiting the possession or sale of drug paraphernalia, new distance restriction will not apply to any location of a current cigarette licensee located within 350 feet as long as the cigarette license for that location has not been revoked for cause.

B. An ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria, increasing the distance of sale of tobacco from a school, prohibiting the sale of e-cigarette to a minor, and prohibiting the possession or sale of drug paraphernalia, new distance restriction will not apply to a current licensee located within 350 as long as the cigarette license has not been revoked for cause and the licensee continues to qualify for a renewal. The distance restriction will not apply to a current licensee that is a gas station located within 350 feet.

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BACKGROUND: (Revised) During a walk through his district on Wisconsin Avenue, 3rd District Councilmember Riggenbach found a tobacco store located close to a school, but since it was located more than 100 feet from a building used for school purposes, the store was licensed by the City to sell cigarette, tobacco and tobacco products. Upon a walk through a tobacco store, Councilmember Riggenbach found items that were labeled as "bongs" and other assorted drug paraphernalia displayed so openly for sale, but with the label, "For tobacco use only."

The proposed revised amendment to Chapter 18 of the City Code will address these concerns by increasing the distance that a business that sells tobacco or tobacco products can be from a school to 350 feet from property line to property line, prohibiting the sale of electric cigarettes to min...

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