(A) License requirement.
(1) No person shall engage in the retail sale of tobacco products or operate a facility containing vending machines that dispense tobacco products unless the person is authorized to do so by a license issued pursuant to this subchapter, or is an employee or agent of a person who has been issued a license pursuant to this subchapter.
(2) A separate license must be obtained for each point of sale maintained by the retailer. The license to sell tobacco products shall be displayed prominently at the point of sale for which it is issued.
(B) License administration. The Village of Calumet Park shall administer the licensing of retailers of tobacco products and shall approve or deny all applications for licenses and revoke existing licenses pursuant to this subchapter.
(C) License; application. An application for a tobacco retailer's license shall be filed in writing with the Village of Calumet Park on a form provided by the village. Each application for a license shall contain the following:
(1) The applicant's full name, the address and telephone number where the applicant is engaged in the business of the retail sale of tobacco products and the name, address and telephone number of the person authorized to receive notices issued pursuant to this subchapter;
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, the corporate name, the address and telephone number of the principal place of business; the date and state of incorporation; the names of the corporate officers and the name, address and telephone number of the person authorized to receive notices issued pursuant to this subchapter;
(3) If the applicant is a partnership, the name, address and telephone number of the principal place of business, the names of all partners; the name, address and telephone number of a person authorized to receive notices issued pursuant to the subchapter; and
(4) Any retailer whose license is revoked for violating this subchapter shall be prohibited from obtaining a tobacco retailer's license for one year.
(D) License; term.
(1) Every retailer's license shall be issued for an annual period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
(2) Each license shall expire on the last day of the license for which the license was issued.
(E) License fee.
(1) The annual license fee for a retailer shall be $125 per license.
(2) If a licensee operates more than one vending machine at the same premises, the licensee shall pay the annual license fee if $125 for the first vending machine license and $25 for each additional vending machine license.
(F) License; transfer prohibited. The transfer of any license issued hereunder is prohibited. Any such purported transfer is void.
(Ord. 04-843, passed 2-12-2004)