(a) Every place in the City where cigarettes, cigars or tobacco are sold shall display at all times, in a prominent place on the premises thereof, a printed sign, which shall read substantially as follows:
WARNING TO PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS
OF AGE
Under the Codified Ordinances of the City of Garfield Heights, Section 531.02
, it is unlawful for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase, possess, procure, attempt to procure or use any cigarettes, cigars or tobacco and any person found violating this section shall be subject to punishment according to law.
(b) The sign, as required in subsection (a) hereof, shall be eighteen and one-half inches, in width and eleven and one-half inches in length. The lettering shall be in boldfaced red print on a white background and the sign shall be made from any material which is durable, sturdy and able to withstand constant handling.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, then violation of this section shall be punishable as a fourth degree misdemeanor. (Ord. 68-1979. Passed 3-10-80.)