Unless the term is specifically defined in this Article or the contrary stated or clearly appears from the context, the definitions set forth in Article 19, Section 1002 of this Code shall govern the interpretation of this Article.
(a) "Cigarette vending machine" shall mean any electronic or mechanical device or appliance the operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper bill, or other thing representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product and/or tobacco accessories.
(b) "Tobacco product" shall mean any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe, tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and dipping tobacco.
(c) "Tobacco accessories" shall mean cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.
(d) A "six-month owner" shall mean a person who purchased a cigarette vending machine fewer than six months prior to the effective date of this Amendment for the purpose of using the vending machine to sell or distribute tobacco products exclusively within the City and County of San Francisco and who on the effective date of this Amendment was using the vending machine in a place inaccessible to minors and who has not, or will not have, recovered his, her or its investment therein by the date on which discontinuance of use is required pursuant to Section 1009.1(b).
(Added by Ord. 234-91, App. 6/18/91; amended by Ord. 20-97, App. 1/24/97)