Sec. 12-422. - Penalties and enforcement.

The police department and the city solicitor shall enforce the provisions of this article. All licensees shall be subject to a compliance check at least two times a year; violators shall be checked more frequently until two consecutive compliance checks are completed without violation. If an alleged violation occurs, the police department shall issue a citation that will require the licensee to appear for a show cause hearing before the city council sitting as the board of license commissioners. If, after a hearing, the board finds that a violation has occurred, the board may impose a civil fine of $250.00 for the first offense, $350.00 for the second offense, and $500.00 for any subsequent offense. Additionally, the board may suspend or revoke the license or provide any other sanction authorized under the law. If a licensee maintains its license for 36 consecutive months without a violation, any new violation shall be treated as a first offense. It is the intent of this section that all fees and fines collected by the city hereunder shall be used by the police department for the purpose of conducting tobacco product and/or licensing compliance checks.

(Ord. of 10-14-2015, § 3; Ord. of 2-13-2017(2), § 1; Ord of 3-11-2019(1), § 1; Ord. of 12-9-2019(1), § 3)