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7.41.038 Limits on Eligibility for a Permit.

(a) No Tobacco Retailer's Permit may be issued to authorize Tobacco Retailing at or from other than a fixed location. For example, Sales by Persons on foot or from vehicles or other forms of mobile vending are prohibited.

(b) No Tobacco Retailer's Permit may be issued to authorize Sales of Tobacco Products at a temporary event, such as flea markets and farmers' markets.

(c) No new Tobacco Retailer Permit may be issued to authorize Tobacco Product Sales at any location within 1,000 feet of a Youth-Populated Area, as measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of any parcel on which a Youth-Populated Area is located and any point along the property line of the parcel on which the Permit applicant has or proposes to locate the business.

(d) No new Tobacco Retailer's Permit may be issued for a location which is within 500 feet of a location already occupied by another Tobacco Retailer, as measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of the parcel on which the applicant's business is located to the nearest point of the property line of the parcel on which an existing Tobacco Retailer's business is located.

(e) Tobacco Retailers with a current and valid Permit as of the date of adoption of this ordinance shall be exempt from subsections (c) and (d) of this Section unless the existing Tobacco Retailer fails to timely renew the Permit prior to its annual expiration.

(f) The Sale of Tobacco Products and accessories is prohibited in County owned structures and in any area of a structure leased by the County, wherever located.