386.01 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in this chapter:

   (a)   “License” means a license issued by the City of Shaker Height for retail sale of tobacco products.

   (b)   “Licensee” means the holder of a valid license for the retail sale of tobacco products.

   (c)   “Minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age.

   (d)   “Public place” means any area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to, any right-of-way, mall or shopping center, park, playground, and any other property owned by the City, and any school district, or any park district.

   (e)   “Retailer” means a person or entity who offers or sells tobacco products or accessories to consumers.

   (f)   “Retail tobacco store” means a retail store utilized primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental.

   (g)   “Self-service displays” means open displays of tobacco products and point-of-sale tobacco promotional products that the public has access to without the intervention of a store employee.

   (h)   “Tobacco product” means any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco or any other form of tobacco or tobacco papers which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other means of ingestion.

   (i)   “Tobacco vending machine” means any machine or device designated for or used for the vending of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, or tobacco products upon the insertion of coins, trade checks, or slugs.

   (j)   “Vendor-assisted” means only a store employee has access to the tobacco product and assists the customer by supplying the product. The customer does not take possession of the product until after it is purchased.

      (Ord. 01-52. Enacted 7-23-01.)