§ 20-7. Sale through vending machines.

(a)

Vending machine license. Every person who, in the capacity of owner, lessee, tenant or in any other capacity, shall operate or cause to be operated, directly or indirectly, a vending machine for selling and dispensing cigarettes to the public, shall obtain from the manager of regulated industries a vending machine license, and such license, in whatever form prescribed by the manager of regulated industries, shall be affixed on a conspicuous part of the vending machine.

(b)

Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell and dispense through a vending machine any cigarettes upon which the tax has not been paid and the payment thereof evidenced on the containers thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person, through a vending machine, or otherwise, to remove the container of cigarettes, in whole or in part, or mutilate such container, before the tax thereon has been paid and evidence of payment stamped or printed thereon.

(c)

Confiscation of machines. Any vending machine which shall be operated in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section may, upon the order and direction of the manager of regulated industries, together with the merchandise therein, be seized and confiscated by the police; provided, however, that all moneys found in any confiscated vending machine shall be held by the police department and returned to the lawful owner thereof upon proper showing of ownership after all fines, charges and penalties have been paid.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 11.7; Ord. No. 150505 , § 3, 7-16-15)