(a) A Tobacco Retailer’s Permit may not be transferred from one Person to another or from one location to another. Whenever a Tobacco Retailing location has a change in Proprietors, a new Tobacco Retailer’s Permit is required.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, prior violations at a location shall continue to be counted against a location and Permit ineligibility periods shall continue to apply to a location unless:
(1) The location has been fully transferred to a new Proprietor or entirely new Proprietors; and,
(2) The new Proprietor(s) provide the Department with clear and convincing evidence that the new Proprietor(s) have acquired or is acquiring the location in an Arm’s Length Transaction. (§ 2, Ord. 1350, eff. June 15, 2006)