City of Colorado Springs - File #: 19-731

• File #: 19-731
• Version: 5
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 11/20/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/27/2020
• Title: Ordinance No. 20-74 amending Section 102 (Definitions), Section 105 (Prohibition on Sale of Cigarettes or tobacco products in vending machines), and Section 106 (Tobacco Product Placement) of Part 1 (No Smoking in Public Places or Workplaces Except in Those Areas Designated for Smoking) of Article 6 (Public Health and Sanitation - No Smoking in Public Places) of Chapter 6 (Neighborhood Vitality/Community Health) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to limitations on tobacco products in vending machines and tobacco product placement and providing penalties for the violation thereof Presenter: Tom Strand, City Councilmember Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief and Legislative Counsel, City Attorney's Office

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2020	4	City Council	finally passed	Pass
10/13/2020	4	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
9/21/2020	3	Council Work Session	referred
8/10/2020	3	Council Work Session	referred
3/9/2020	1	Council Work Session	received

Title
Ordinance No. 20-74 amending Section 102 (Definitions), Section 105 (Prohibition on Sale of Cigarettes or tobacco products in vending machines), and Section 106 (Tobacco Product Placement) of Part 1 (No Smoking in Public Places or Workplaces Except in Those Areas Designated for Smoking) of Article 6 (Public Health and Sanitation - No Smoking in Public Places) of Chapter 6 (Neighborhood Vitality/Community Health) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to limitations on tobacco products in vending machines and tobacco product placement and providing penalties for the violation thereof

Presenter:
Tom Strand, City Councilmember
Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief and Legislative Counsel, City Attorney's Office
Body
Summary:
Council requested City staff report back on the impacts of raising the tobacco minimum legal sales age to 21 and consideration of a tobacco retailer license.

Background:
UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 COUNCIL WORK SESSION: At the August 10, 2020 Council Work Session, City Council discussed at length several draft ordinances regarding raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to twenty-one (21) years of age. Following that Work Session, staff re-drafted several ordinances including the attached ordinance revising Chapter 6 regarding tobacco placement, vending machines, and raising the minimum purchase age to twenty-one (21) years old. These ordinance changes bring the City Code into alignment with HB-20-1001 which was passed by the state General Assembly earlier in 2020.

INFORMATION FOR AUGUST 10, 2020 COUNCIL WORK SESSION: On March 9, 2020 City Council heard a presentation from El Paso County Public Health representatives and Dr. Edward Maynard concerning this subject.

On July 14, 2020 Governor Jared S. Polis signed HB 20-1001 into law. First, the new law raises the minimum age to purchase to 21 years of age for alignment with 2019 Federal law, and repeals the criminal penal...