(a) An application for a Tobacco Retailer’s Permit shall be submitted in the name of each Proprietor proposing to conduct retail tobacco sales and shall be signed by each Proprietor or an authorized agent thereof. It is the responsibility of each Proprietor to be informed regarding all laws applicable to Tobacco Retailing, including those laws affecting the issuance of a Tobacco Retailer’s Permit.
(b) All applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the Department, shall be accompanied by the application and permit fee established pursuant to this Chapter, and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of each Proprietor of the business that is seeking the Permit.
(2) The business name, address, and telephone number of the single fixed location for which the Permit is sought.
(3) The name and mailing address authorized by each Proprietor to receive all permit-related communications and notices (the Authorized Address). If an Authorized Address is not supplied, each Proprietor shall be understood and deemed to consent to the provision of notice at the business address specified in subparagraph (2) above.
(4) Proof that the location for which a Tobacco Retailer’s Permit is sought has been issued a valid State tobacco retailer’s license by the California Board of Equalization.
(5) Whether or not any Proprietor has admitted violating, or has been found to have violated, this Chapter, or whose proprietorship has admitted violating, or has been found to have violated, this Chapter, and, if so, the dates and locations of all such violations within the previous six years.
(6) Such other information as the Department deems necessary for the administration or enforcement of this Chapter.
(c) Each Tobacco Retailer who has been issued a Permit shall update with the Department all information required to be submitted in order to apply for the Permit whenever the information changes. A Tobacco Retailer shall provide the Department with all such updates within ten (10) business days of a change.
(d) The information specified in subparagraphs (b)(1), (2) and (3) shall be available to the public. (§ 2, Ord. 1350, eff. June 15, 2006)