Gilbert Town Code § 42-280 Storage and display of tobacco products.
Sec. 42-280. - Storage and display of tobacco products.
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:
Person means the state, the county, a political subdivision of the state, other governmental entities, a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit, as well as an individual. "Person" also includes a trustee, receiver, an assignee or similar representative.
Tobacco product means any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff or any other form of tobacco which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other manner of ingestion.
(b) Storage and display of tobacco products; penalties.
(1) No person who owns, conducts, operates or manages a business where tobacco products are sold, nor any person who sells or offers for sale tobacco products, shall store or display, or cause to be stored or displayed, such tobacco products in an area or manner that is accessible to the public without employee assistance.
(2) A person is exempt from the requirements of this section if both: i) the business where tobacco products are sold prohibits entry of individuals under the age of 18 at all times; and ii) photographic identification is required from any individual who appears to be 26 years of age or younger prior to entering the business where tobacco products are sold.
(3) Violation of this section is a civil offense, subject to a fine of $100.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for each subsequent offense.
(Ord. No. 1088, § II, 2-17-98)