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PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 26 - LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS ARTICLE XVI. - TOBACCO DIVISION 2. LICENSE DIVISION 2. LICENSE' Sec. 26-787. Required; application; term. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco products, er tobacco -related device, or nicotine or lobelia delivery device without first having obtained a license to do so from the city. (1) Application. An application for a license to sell tobacco, tobacco products, Of tobacco -related devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery device shall be made on a fonn provided by the city and filed with the city clerk. 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, if the city clerk shall determine that an application is incomplete, he they shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete. (2) Action. The city council may either approve or deny the license, or it may delay action for such 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 clerk 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 decision. Terra. The license shall be effective from January 1 to December 31 of each year, unless otherwise provided in this Code. If the date of application is after January 1, then the effective date shall be the date the application is approved by city council through December 31 of that year. (4) Revocation or suspension. Any license issued under this article may be revoked or suspended as provided in this article. (5) Transfers. All licenses issued under this article 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. (3) (6) Location 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 article. Only one license may be issued for any given location or address. (7) Display. a. All licenses shall be posted and displayed in plain view of the general public on the licensed premises and shown to law enforcement officers upon request. b. Exclusive tobacco stores shall post a notice prohibiting the entering of the store by persons under 21 years of age, which notice shall be in plain view of the general public on the licensed premises. The notice shall be at least 8'/2 inches by 11 inches in size. 1State law reference(s)—Municipal tobacco licenses, Minn. Stats. § 461.12. Attachment A Ordinance #26-04 Page 7 of 9