Requirement for tobacco retailer license.
Sacramento City Code § 5.138.040
in effect5.138.040 Requirement for tobacco retailer license.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a tobacco retailer without a valid license for each location at which tobacco retailing is to occur. No license will be issued to authorize tobacco retailing at other than a fixed location. No license will be issued for itinerant tobacco retailing or tobacco retailing from vehicles.
B. No license shall issue, and no existing license shall be renewed, to authorize tobacco retailing within 1,000 feet of a tobacco retailer already licensed pursuant to this chapter as measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of the parcel on which the applicant's business is located to the nearest point of the property line of the parcel on which an existing licensee's business is located. This section does not apply to:
1. A person who submitted a planning application to the Community Development Department before January 1, 2020, provided the application does not include a legislative change request pursuant to section 17.808.230, unless a corresponding conditional use permit was subsequently denied or the planning application was withdrawn.
2. A licensee that devotes no more than 5% of total shelf space to tobacco products and at least 10% of shelf space to all of the following: fresh or healthy food; fresh fruits and vegetables; juice and dairy products; meat, fish or poultry; and fresh baked goods, breads, and cereals. This subsection B.2 applies only to licenses that were effective on July 1, 2026, and continues only so long as the license is not revoked, does not expire, or is not renewed pursuant to section 5.138.060.
C. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant any person obtaining a license any status or right other than the right to act as a tobacco retailer at the location in the city identified on the face of the license, subject to compliance with all other applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to render inapplicable, supersede, or apply in lieu of any other provision of applicable law, including, without limitation, any condition or limitation on indoor smoking made applicable to business establishments by California Labor Code section 6404.5. (Ord. 2026-0014 § 3; Ord. 2020-0038 § 1; Ord. 2019-0012 § 3; Ord. 2004-013 § 1)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-14928Fetched: 10/24/2026