(a) All licensed premises must be open to inspection by the City of Oxford or its authorized designees during regular business hours. The tobacco retail establishment shall be subject to at least two (2) unannounced compliance checks per year by the City of Oxford or its authorized designees.
(b) Compliance checks must include verification that a tobacco retail establishment maintains a current tobacco retailer license to sell tobacco products.
(c) Compliance checks may include the participation of a person under the age of twenty-one (21), to enter the licensed premises to attempt to purchase licensed products.
(d) Unannounced follow-up compliance checks of all non-compliant tobacco retail establishments are required within three months of any violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 3778. Passed 10-15-24.)