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Staff proposes code clean-up: remove cigarette-vending machine rule, review dance permit rules, and repeal dormant cable commission

5843057 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

City staff flagged three relic code sections for repeal or revision: a provision governing cigarette vending machines that state law already bans, a "dance" permit section that restricts minors and requires police-provided security, and a long-unused cable communications commission; staff will prepare ordinance language for future consideration.

Rachel, a city staff member working through the municipal code, told the council she is auditing older sections and recommended three changes: repeal the provision governing cigarette vending machines (which state law now prohibits), repeal or revise a section of the code that restricts minors (15 and under) from public dances without an adult guardian present and requires police-provided security for dances, and…

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