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Subd. II Compliance Checks. "Compliance checks" shall mean the system the city uses to investigate and ensure that those authorized to sell tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices are following and complying with the requirements of this ordinance. Compliance checks shall involve the use of minors as authorized by this ordinance. Compliance checks shall also mean the use of minors who attempt to purchase tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices for educational, research and training purposes as authorized by State and F ederallaws. Other units of government for the purpose of enforcing appropriate Federal, State, or local laws may also conduct compliance checks and regulations relating to tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco related devices. Subd. 12 Community Service. "Community Service" shall mean a service that provides assistance to the community. Community service shall have a reparative element which enables offenders to actually, and symbolically, pay back a debt to the community. 345.03 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. Subd. I 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 license is sought, and any additional information the city deems necessary. Upon receipt of a completed application, the city clerk shall forward the application to the council for action at its next regularly scheduled council meeting. If the clerk 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. Subd. 2 Action. 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. If the council shall approve the license, the clerk shall issue the license to the applicant. 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. Subd. 3 Term. AU licenses issued under this ordinance will expire December 31, of the year the license was purchased. Subd. 4 Suspension or Revocation. Any license under this ordinance may be . revoked or suspended as deemed necessary by the Council.