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Tobacco Retail Licensing Bylaw 20/96
Presented by: Dawn Fedorvich, Economic Development Officer
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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1. That Bylaw 15/2017, being a bylaw to provide for the licensing of tobacco retail operations, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 15/2017 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given for third reading of Bylaw 15/2017.
4. That Bylaw 15/2017 be read a third and final time.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
The report outlines amendments recommended to update the Tobacco Retail Licensing Bylaw to allow for license transferability and prorated fees.
COUNCIL DIRECTION
On May 1, 2017 Council passed the following motion:
(CM-17-035)
That the Tobacco Retail Licensing Bylaw 20/96 be amended to allow for license transferability in the case of new ownership and that pro-rated fees are added to Schedule A of the Bylaw.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Tobacco Retail Licensing Bylaw was created in 1996 to provide for the licensing of tobacco retail operations. It regulates which companies and staff within those companies can sell tobacco products, as well as how they can sell tobacco products. A "Tobacco Product" is defined as
(i) tobacco in any form including, but not limited to, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, loose tobacco, plugs of tobacco, chewing tobacco and snuff; and
(ii) merchandise used to make cigarettes, including, but not limited to, rolling papers, tubes, and filters; and
(iii) any device intended to facilitate smoking activity, including pipes (metal/ glass blown, plastic, wood), water bongs and vaporizers.
The Bylaw requires any business that intends to sell tobacco products to obtain a Tobacco Retail License. The license is valid from the date it is issued until December 31st of the current calendar year, at which point it must be renewed fo...
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