(A) A person under eighteen (18) years of age shall not possess, attempt to possess and/or use a vapor or alternative nicotine product.
(B) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction with a fine of no more than $50.00.
(C) Subsection (A) does not apply to a person participating in any of the following:
(1) An undercover operation in which the minor purchases or receives a vapor or alternative nicotine product under the direction of the minor’s employer and with the prior approval of the City of Charlotte Police Chief as part of an employer-sponsored internal enforcement action.
(2) An undercover operation in which the minor purchases or receives a vapor or alternative vapor product under the direction of a local police agency as part of an enforcement action, unless the initial or contemporaneous purchase or receipt of the vapor or alternative vapor product by the minor was not under the direction of a local police agency and was not part of the undercover operation.
(3) The handling or transportation of a vapor or alternative vapor product by a minor under the terms of that minor’s employment.
(Ord. 2019-03, passed 4-8-2019)