Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Heather Forshey, Director, Environmental Health Services
Clara Boyden, Deputy Directory of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Ordinances Repealing Chapters 4.95, 4.96, 4.98, and 4.99, and Enacting New Chapters 4.96 and 4.98, of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to Consolidate and Clarify Existing and to Enact Additional Requirements for Tobacco Retailer Permits, and Amending Chapter 5.64 to Adjust Program Fees for Tobacco Retailer Permits
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of:
A) An ordinance repealing Chapters 4.95, 4.98, and 4.99, and adopting a new Chapter 4.98 of Title 4 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to consolidate and clarify existing definitions and enact additional requirements for tobacco retailer permits, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety; and
B) An ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 4.96, related to smoking, of Title 4 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to remove sections relating to retail sales of tobacco products and to clarify definition of Tobacco Products, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety; and
C) An ordinance amending section 5.64.070 (collection of fees) of Chapter 5.64 (fees for enforcement of state public health laws) of title 5 (business regulations) of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, relating to imposition of fees for enforcement of state public health laws, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
In 1998, the San Mateo County (County) Board of Supervisors enacted Chapter 4.98, which established one of the earliest Tobacco Retailer Permit Programs in California. Chapter 4.96 was updated in 2014 to include electronic cigarettes in the definition of "Tobacco Products." In 2019, Chapter 4.95 was enacted, which prohibits ...
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