744.10 VIOLATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.

   (a)    First Violation. Any person, tobacco retailer or tobacco retail establishment holding a tobacco retailer license and cited for violating Chapter 744, or whose employee has violated Chapter 744, shall be charged a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a first violation.

   (b)    A second violation at the same tobacco retail establishment premises within a twelve (12)-month period shall result in a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), and the City of Oxford shall suspend the tobacco retailer license for a period of not less than thirty (30) and not more than sixty (60) consecutive days.

   (c)    A third violation at the same tobacco retail establishment premises within a twelve (12)-month period shall result in a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the City of Oxford shall suspend the tobacco retail establishment's license for a period of not less than sixty (60) consecutive days. In addition to the designated fine, the City of Oxford may revoke the tobacco retail establishment's license.

   (d)    A fourth violation at the same tobacco retail establishment premises within a twelve (12)-month period shall be a misdemeanor of first degree and result in a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and the tobacco retail establishment's license shall be revoked.

(Ord. 3730. Passed 8-1-23.)