Compliance monitoring.
Riverside Municipal Code § 6.24.090
in effect6.24.090 - Compliance monitoring.
A. The City may monitor compliance with this chapter by using City staff, or the City Manager may designate the California Department of Public Health or another agency to perform these functions under agreement with that agency. Any peace officer may enforce the penal provisions of this chapter.
B. The City, or the City Manager's designee as described in (A) above, shall endeavor to check the compliance of each tobacco retailer at least one time per 24-month period or as reasonably necessary. Nothing in this paragraph shall create a right of action in any Permit holder or other person against the Department or its agents.
C. Compliance inspections shall determine, at a minimum, if the tobacco retailer is conducting business in a manner that complies with tobacco laws regulating youth access to tobacco. When appropriate, the compliance inspections shall determine compliance with other laws applicable to tobacco retailing.
D. The City, or the City Manager's designee as described in (A) above, shall not enforce any law establishing a minimum of age for tobacco purchases or possession against a person who otherwise might be in violation of such law because of the person's age (hereinafter "minor decoy") if the potential violation occurs when:
1. The minor decoy is participating in a compliance inspection supervised by a peace officer or a code enforcement official of the City; or
2. The minor decoy is participating in a compliance inspection funded, in part, either directly or indirectly through subcontracting, by the City or the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, or funded in part, either directly or indirectly, through subcontracting, by the California Department of Public Health.
(Ord. 7550, § 1(Exh. A), 2021)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT6HESA_CH6.24PETOREES_6.24.090COMOFetched: 11/1/2026