HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2008-056-O-08• Effective date:June 16, 2008 5/6/2008
3/27/2008
56-0-08
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Title 3, Chapter 16 of the City Code,
"Cigarettes and Tobacco Products" by Adding Section 3-16-131
"Sale of Improperly Packaged Tobacco Products Prohibited"
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Title 3, Chapter 16, of the Evanston City Code
of 1979, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the
following Section:
3.16-13: SALE OF IMPROPERLY PACKAGED TOBACCO PRODUCTS
PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful for any retail establishment to sell, give away, barter,
exchange, or otherwise furnish to any other person any tobacco product,
including, but not limited to, a single or loose cigarette, that is not contained
within a sealed package provided by the manufacturer that has affixed to it any
tax stamps required by law and that complies with all requirements imposed by
federal law regarding warnings and other information on packages of tobacco
products manufactured, packaged, or imported for sale, distribution, or use in
the United States.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That if any provision of this Ordinance 56-0-08 or
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
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of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid application or it
provision, and each invalid application of this Ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: That this Ordinance 56-0-08 shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Introduced: ' i 2 , 2008 Approved:
Adopted: 02008 Z- , 2008
Edmund B. Moran, Jr., Mayor Tem
Attest: r Approved as to form:
Mayre Press, eputy City Clerk Elke Tober-Purze,Ktat'inp
First Assistant Co ion Counsel
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