(a) If an owner of a retail food store establishment as defined in the Planning Code or Tobacco Shop who holds a Tobacco Sales permit and has been in business for five years as of the effective date of this Section 19H.6, submits an affidavit to the Director that attests to ownership of the business at the same location and under the same Tobacco Sales permit for five consecutive years immediately preceding submission of the affidavit and that also states that the owner is in negotiations with a specific buyer for the retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop at that location, then that buyer ("new buyer") may apply for, and the Director may issue, a Tobacco Sales permit to the new buyer for the retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop at that location, on a one-time basis.
(b) If the new buyer submits an affidavit to the Director, stating that the new buyer has been in business continuously as a retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop at that same location under the Tobacco Sales permit obtained in accordance with subsection (a) and also states that the new buyer has held the permit for at least 10 years, then a subsequent buyer of the retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop at that location ("subsequent buyer") may apply for, and the Director may issue, a Tobacco Sales permit to the subsequent buyer for the retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop on a one-time basis.
(c) Where the owner of a retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop that holds a Tobacco Sales permit as of the effective date of this Section 19H.6, a child of the owner may apply for, and the Director may issue, a Tobacco Sales permit to the child for that retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop at that location.
(d) An owner of a retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop holding a Tobacco Sales permit as of the effective date of this Section 19H.6, who must relocate under of the Building Code may apply for, and the Director may issue, a new Tobacco Sales permit for the location of the owner's retail food store establishment or Tobacco Shop.
(e) An owner of a Bar or Tavern (cigar or smoking bar) who qualified for an exemption under Section 1009.23(d) of this Code who holds a Tobacco Sales permit and has been in business for five years as of the effective date of this Section 19H.6, who submits an affidavit to the Director that attests to ownership of the business at the same location and under the same Tobacco Sales permit for five consecutive years immediately preceding submission of the affidavit and that also states that the owner is in negotiations with a specific buyer for the Cigar or Smoking Bar at that location, then that buyer ("new buyer") may apply for, and the Director may issue, a Tobacco Sales permit to the new buyer for the Cigar or Smoking Bar at that location, on a one-time basis.
(f) If the new buyer submits an affidavit to the Director, stating that the new buyer has been in business continuously as a Cigar or Smoking Bar at that same location under the Tobacco Sales permit obtained in accordance with subsection (a) and also states that the new buyer has held the permit for at least 10 years, then a subsequent buyer of the Cigar or Smoking Bar at that location ("subsequent buyer") may apply for, and the Director may issue, a Tobacco Sales permit to the subsequent buyer for the Cigar or Smoking Bar on a one-time basis.
(g) If a spouse or domestic partner acquires the ownership of an Establishment through the death of, or divorce from the owner identified on the permit and submits an affidavit to the Director attesting to the acquisition of the Establishment accompanied by any documentation requested by the Director, the Director may issue a Tobacco Sales permit to the Applicant spouse or domestic partner on a one-time basis.