A. Application for a tobacco retailer's license shall be submitted in the name of each proprietor proposing to conduct retail tobacco sales and shall be signed by each proprietor or any authorized agent thereof. It is the responsibility of each proprietor to be informed regarding all laws applicable to tobacco retailing, including those laws affecting the issuance of a tobacco retailer's license.
B. No proprietor may rely on the issuance of a license as a determination by the city that the proprietor has complied with all laws applicable to tobacco retailing. A license issued contrary to this chapter, contrary to any other law, or on the basis of false or misleading information supplied by a proprietor shall be revoked pursuant to § 5.24.100. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to vest in any person obtaining and maintaining a tobacco retailer's license any status or right to act as a tobacco retailer in contravention of any provision of law.
C. All applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the department and shall contain the following information:
1. The name, address, and telephone number of each proprietor of the business that is seeking a license;
2. The business name, address, and telephone number of the single fixed location for which a tobacco retailer's license is sought;
3. The name and mailing address authorized by each proprietor to receive all license-related communication and notices (the "authorized address"). If an authorized address is not supplied, each proprietor shall be understood to consent to the provision of notice at the business address specified in subsection C.2. above;
4. Proof that the location for which a tobacco retailer's license is sought has been issued a valid state tobacco retailer's license by the California Board of Equalization;
5. Whether or not any proprietor is a person who has been determined to have violated this chapter or whose proprietorship has admitted violating, or has been found to have violated, this chapter, and, if so, the dates and locations of all such violations within the past six years; and
6. Such other information as the department deems necessary for the administration or enforcement of this chapter.
7. All information required to be submitted to apply for a tobacco retailers license shall be updated with the department whenever the information changes. A tobacco retailer shall provide the department with any updates within ten business days of a change.
(Ord. 365 § 5, 2006)