(A) Duties of Building and Code Enforcement Department and Joint Commission for Tobacco and Cannabis Regulation and Licensing.
(1) The Building and Code Enforcement Department and Joint Commission for Tobacco and Cannabis, created under Chapter 129B of this Code, acting in conjunction with the Village Manager and the Police Department, shall be responsible for the enforcement and administration of this chapter.
(2) The Building and Code Enforcement Department and the Police Department shall conduct random, unannounced inspections at locations where tobacco products are sold to ensure compliance with this chapter and with state law. Furthermore, it shall be the duty of all persons licensed to sell cigarettes at retail within the Village, upon the demand of the Director of Community Development to furnish for inspection samples of all cigarettes sold or offered for sale by them, which samples of cigarettes shall be analyzed by or under the direction of the Director, and a record of such analysis shall be made and kept in their office for the inspection by the public.
(3) The Joint Commission for Tobacco and Cannabis Regulation and Licensing shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations consistent with this chapter to provide for the enforcement and administration of this Chapter. The rules and regulations shall establish procedures for administrative action against those who violate the chapter and for a method of administrative adjudication of the violation or violations.
(4) Any rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter shall be filed in the Building and Code Enforcement Departments’s principal office and with the Village Clerk. A copy of said rules and regulations shall be made available for public inspection upon request.
(Ord. C0-05-35, passed 10-4-2005; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021; Am. Ord. CO-2022-23, passed 11-1-2022)