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Tobacco Regulations; Sales 79 TOBACCO or TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Any substance or item containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes; cigars; pipe tobacco; snuff; fme cut or other chewing tobacco; cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; snuff flowers; cavendish; shorts; plug and twist tobaccos; dipping tobaccos; refuse scraps; clippings; cuttings; and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in a manner as to be suitable for chewing, spitting or smoking. TOBACCO~RELATED DEVICES. Any tobacco product as well as a pipe, rolling papers or other device intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing or smoking of tobacco or tobacco products. VENDING MACHINES. Any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of device which dispenses tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related devices upon the insertion of money, tokens or other form of payment directly into the machine by the person seeking to purchase the tobacco, tobacco product or tobacco-related device. (Ord. 66, passed - -) ~ 116.03 LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related device without first having obtained a license to do so from the city. (A) Application for license. An application for a license to sell tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related devices shall be made on a form provided by the city. The application shall contain the full name of the applicant, the applicant's residential and business addresses and telephone numbers, the name of the business for which the li~ense is sought, and any additional information the city deems necessary. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Administrator shall forward the application to the Council for action during a regularly scheduled Council meeting. If the Administrator shall determine that an application is incomplete, he or she shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete. (B) Action. (1) The Council may either approve or deny the license, or it may delay action for a reasonable amount of time to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant it deems necessary. (2) If the Council shall approve the license, the Administrator shall issue the license to the applicant. (3) If the Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant along with notice of the applicant's right to appeal the Council's decision. 33