(A) No person shall directly or indirectly or by means of any device keep for retail sale, sell at retail, or otherwise dispose of any cigarette, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette cartridges, or cigarette wrappers for profit at any place in the city unless a license therefor shall first have been obtained as provided in this section.
(B) Application for the license shall be made to the City Clerk on a form supplied by the city. Upon the filing of the application with the City Clerk and authorizing the Le Sueur Police Department to conduct a background check, it shall be presented to the City Council for its consideration, and if granted, by the Council, a license shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of the required fee.
(C) The fee for each license shall be in an amount not to exceed any limitations set by state statutes as the City Council may determine from time to time by resolution. Every license shall expire on December 31 next after its issuance. For any license issued after January 31 in any year, the fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis with any fractional part of a month during which the license shall be held to be considered a full month. Licenses shall not be transferable from one person to another.
(D) No license shall be issued to an applicant for sale of cigarettes or cigarette wrappers at any place other than for his or her established place of business. No license shall be issued for the sale of cigarettes or cigarette wrappers at a movable place of business, nor shall any license be issued for the sale of cigarettes or cigarette wrappers at more than one place of business. No person shall sell or give away any cigarette, electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarette cartridges, cigarette paper or cigarette wrapper to any person below the age of 21 years. No person shall keep for sale, sell or dispose of any cigarettes containing opium, morphine, jimson weed, bella donna, strychnia, cocaine, or any other deleterious or poisonous drug except nicotine.
(1973 Code, § 15-16) (Ord. 338, passed 4-11-1977; Ord. 599, passed 6-26-2023) Penalty, see § 10.99