(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) (1) Licensees. Any licensee found to have violated this chapter, or whose employee shall have violated §§ 113.01 through 113.13 of this chapter, shall be charged an administrative fine of $75 for a first violation of §§ 113.01 through 113.13 of this chapter; $200 for a second offense at the same licensed premises within a 24-month period; and $250 for a third or subsequent offense at the same location within a 24-month period, as well as a license suspension for not less than seven days.
(3) Minors. A minor found in unlawful possession of, or who unlawfully purchases or attempts to purchase, tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related devices shall, if a first time offense, be referred to a diversion program operated by appropriate city officials or, if a second or subsequent offense, be petitioned or ticketed into juvenile court as a petty offender and receive disposition as is authorized by law and appropriate for petty offenders.
(2004 Code, § 113.99) (Ord. 98-220, passed 4-14-1998; Ord. 06-0449, passed 12-26-2006; Ord. 07-0487, passed 12-11-2007; Ord. 12-700, passed 12-11-2012)