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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE VIII, BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, CHAPTER 39, SMOKE SHOPS, BY AMENDING RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Deferred 6PSF-d 100125
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark adopted ordinance 6PSF-c on April 10, 2024 establishing Rules and Regulations for local businesses categorized as Smoke Shop Establishments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark currently licenses and regulates smoke shops and other retail business establishments pursuant to Chapter 8:36 whereby these business establishments are licensed and regulated in the same manner as all other retail business establishments in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark believes that smoke shops and other retail business establishments whose business is dedicated to the display, sale distribution, delivery, offering, furnishing, or marketing of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia should be licensed and regulated separate and apart from other retail business establishments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark seeks to establish a separate category for licensing and regulating smoke shops involved in the principal sale of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco paraphernalia in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2 authorizes a municipality to make, amend, repeal, and enforce such other ordinances, regulations, rules and by-laws not contrary to the laws of this state or of the United States, as it may deem necessary and proper for the good government, order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the municipality and its inhabitant.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
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