§ 28-2. Tobacco vending machines.

(a)

The City of Danbury finds that:

(1)

C.G.S. §§ 53-344 and 53-344a make it unlawful for any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of cigarettes to sell, barter, give or deliver cigarettes to any individual under the age of eighteen (18) years; and

(2)

C.G.S. § 12-289a(h) authorizes a town or municipality to ban or significantly restrict the placement of vending machines for cigarettes.

(b)

No person shall dispense, or cause to be dispensed, cigarettes from vending machines, except restricted vending machines, at any location within the City of Danbury. In this section the term "vending machine" means a cigarette vending machine as defined in C.G.S. § 12-285 and the term "restricted vending machine" means a restricted cigarette vending machine as defined in C.G.S. § 12-285.

(Code 1961, § 12-30; Ord. No. 556, 11-8-2001)