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CONSENT ITEM - 8D <br />r <br />-ARPEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: September 23, 2024 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Jessica Jagoe, Interim City Administrator <br />FROM: Julie Hanson, Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance 2024-011 Amending Chapter 3, Section 350 Tobacco Products - <br />Related to Tobacco Licensing and Summary Ordinance <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />Council Should Consider <br />Approving Ordinance 2024-011 Amending Chapter 3 — Licenses and Regulations, <br />Section 350 — Tobacco Products — Subsections 350.02 Definitions; 350.03 License; <br />350.07 Self Service Sales; and 350.11 Administrative Fines, Suspension or Revocation <br />Authorization to Publish Summary Ordinance 2024-011 (Section 2) <br />Approval for authorization to publish summary ordinance requires an affirmative vote offour councilmembers. <br />Backaround/Discussion <br />At its regular meeting on December 11, 2023, the City Council enacted a one-year moratorium <br />(Interim Ordinance 2023-017 effective November 23, 2023) regarding tobacco licenses in the <br />city. The moratorium afforded Staff the time to compile data related to tobacco licensing such as <br />the number of licenses issued, license fees, zoning and business type considerations, and fees for <br />violations. At its July 8, 2024 work session, City Council received information collected from <br />various metro cities and the Association for Non -Smokers MN (ANSR), the group that conducts <br />Arden Hills' compliance checks (see Attachment A, July 8 work session memo and <br />attachments). <br />After discussion and careful consideration, the Council directed staff to bring forward draft <br />language amending City Code that would include the following: <br />Page l of 2 <br />