(a) Applications for retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales licenses and temporary retail
tobacco and paraphernalia sales licenses may be denied, and such licenses may be suspended or revoked for any of the following:
(1) The applicant or licensee is giving, selling, or offering to sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or product paraphernalia by or from a vending machine.
(2) Observation by the Department or its authorized agent that the licensee or any agent, employee, or representative of said licensee has violated this chapter.
(3) Failure by the licensee to post signage as required by this chapter.
(4) The applicant or licensee having a conviction for violating this chapter. In the case of licensees, convictions for violations of this chapter of the Girard City Code shall be a sufficient basis for denying a license renewal, for license suspension, or license revocation if the date of conviction is within two years of the issuance of the current retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license or temporary retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license.
(5) An order by a court of competent jurisdiction that a retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales location or temporary retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales location owned and/or operated by the licensee constitutes a public nuisance.
(6) Information contained in the application is misleading, inaccurate, or false.
(7) The applicant or licensee fails to comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, Ohio Revised Code, Ohio Administrative Code, and city codes relating to building, health and fire.
(8) The licensee has outstanding fines, pursuant to Girard City Ordinances.
(b) Any person whose retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license or temporary retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license has been proposed to be suspended or revoked shall be notified in writing by the Department. Appeals of such action may be made in accordance with the Trumbull County Combined Health District's rules and regulations.
(c) Any person whose application for a retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license or temporary retail tobacco and paraphernalia sales license is denied shall be notified in writing by the Department. Appeals of such action may be made in accordance with the Trumbull County Combined Health District's rules and regulations. (Ord. 8242-19. Passed 9-9-19.)