(A) Except as provided in subsection (B) of this section, no person, firm or corporation shall distribute or sell cigarettes or other tobacco products by the use of a vending machine, or install or maintain a vending machine with the intent to make such distributions or sales.
(B) The following establishments, businesses, clubs and facilities may maintain cigarette or tobacco product vending machines on their premises:
1. A private business establishment licensed as a liquor dealer by the city of East Moline, and/or a privately owned and operated club or association requiring a paid membership.
2. Factories, private businesses, offices or other private facilities not open to the general public.
3. Facilities to which persons under the age of eighteen (18) years are not permitted access.
(C) No cigarette or tobacco product vending machine can be placed in a doorway or any other area which is easily accessible to minors.
(D) For purposes of this section, "vending machines" shall mean any automated, self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens, or any other form of payment, dispenses cigarettes or other tobacco products.
(E) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (Ord. 91-20, 7-15-1991)