The city council finds as follows:
A. The vending of tobacco products from vending machines increases the likelihood that nonsmokers will be exposed to second-hand smoke and makes enforcement of the city's no-smoking rules more difficult, because it encourages smokers to smoke in the public places where the vending machines are located.
B. The vending of tobacco products from vending machines increases the likelihood that minors will be able to purchase tobacco products, even though the purchase of tobacco products by minors and the sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited by state law.
C. Based on evidence presented to it that the owner of a tobacco vending machine can recover the investment in the machine in approximately three years, the city council finds that a maximum of three years, reduced by the length of time the machine has already been in use, is a reasonable amortization period for tobacco vending machines currently in use within the city which cannot reasonably be converted to a different use. (Prior code § 37.02.101)