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ORDINANCE NO. 20211 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION, SALE, AND CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO; AMENDING SECTIONS 3.005 AND 3.990 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; ADDING SECTIONS 3.500, 3.505, 3.510, AND 3.515 TO THAT CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3.005 of the Eugene Code, 1971 is amended by adding the following caption and definitions for "Tobacco Products Retail Licenses" in alphabetical order under the Licensed Businesses provisions: 3.005 For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall mean: Licensed Businesses Tobacco Products Retail Licenses. Minor. Any person under 18 years of age. Retailer. For purposes of sections 3.500 to 3.515 of this code, a retailer is a person or entity who sells, or offers for sale, merchandise to the general public. Self-service display. An open display of tobacco products to which the public has access without the intervention of a store employee. Tobacco product. Any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation, or other means of ingestion. Vendor-assisted sales. Sales in which a customer has no access to tobacco products without the assistance of a store employee and in which a customer does not take possession of the tobacco product until it is purchased. Section 2. The following caption and Sections 3.500, 3.505, 3.510, and 3.515 are added to the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide: Tobacco Products Retail Licenses 3.500 Tobacco Products Sales - License Required. No retailer shall sell tobacco products within the corporate limits of the city without having obtained a license pursuant to Ordinance - 1