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Council hears amendment to tobacco-retailer licensing ordinance to ease business transfers
Summary
City staff proposed revisions to the tobacco retail licensing code to allow license transfers in some circumstances and to close an enforcement gap for unlicensed retailers; business owner representatives and public-health advocates addressed council.
Oxford City Council reviewed a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code revising tobacco-retailer license rules, including a change to allow transfer of a license when an existing lawful business is sold and is otherwise in good standing.
Sam Perry, Community Development Director, said the city’s tobacco retail licensing program currently has 23 active license holders (down from 27) and that staff identified a transfer problem when a business owner sought to sell. The proposed changes would allow a license…
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