§ 3-18.11. Tobacco vending machines prohibited.
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Definitions.
- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
- Any sworn officer of the Deptford Township Police Department or a Code Enforcement Officer.
- PERSON
- An individual, partnership, cooperative, association, corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity.
- TOBACCO
- Any product made from the tobacco plant for the purpose of smoking, chewing, inhaling, and other personal use including cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff and cigarettes in any form.
- VENDING MACHINE
- Any automated, self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens, or any other form of payment, dispenses cigarettes or other tobacco products.
b.Prohibition of tobacco vending machines and tobacco vending machine sales. It shall be unlawful to offer for sale or to sell tobacco through a tobacco vending machine in the Township of Deptford.
c.Removal of tobacco vending machines. All tobacco vending machines made unlawful by the terms of this subsection shall be removed within 30 days from the effective date of this subsection.
Editor's Note: This subsection was adopted February 4, 2002 by Ordinance No. 0.3.02.d.Enforcement.
1.Whenever a Law Enforcement Officer reasonably believes there exists a violation of this subsection, such officer may issue a summons and complaint not later than 60 days after discovery of the alleged violation. This complaint shall be written and shall state with reasonable particularity the nature of the violation, including reference to the article and section of this chapter alleged to have been violated. The complaint shall be delivered or sent by certified mail to the alleged violator.
2.A Law Enforcement Officer charged with enforcement of this chapter, after giving proper identification, and if no other warrant is required by law, may inspect any matter, thing, premises, place, person, record vehicle, incident, or event as necessary to enforce the provisions of this subsection.
3.Citizens may bring complaints against violators of this subsection.
e.Penalties, court costs. Unless otherwise provided by law, statute, or ordinance, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $300 for a first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for each day a machine is determined to be in violation of this subsection.