File #: 399-14    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/23/2014 In control: Rules & Ordinance Committee
On agenda: 9/2/2014 Final action: 9/16/2014
Title: Be it ordained that Section 9.15 of the Revised Ordinances of 1991 be amended relative to Nicotine Delivery Systems
Sponsors: Peg Crowe
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Be it ordained that Section 9.15 of the Revised Ordinances of 1991 be amended relative to Nicotine Delivery Systems
 
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Be it hereby ordained by the Malden City Council that the Revised Ordinances of 1991 as amended be and the same are hereby further amended as follows:
 
-by striking out Section 9.15 as it currently exists and inserting in place thereof the following new Section 9.15
 
SECTION 9.15      CONTROL OF TOBACCO AND  NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
 
 
1.      POSSESSION BY MINORS PROHIBITED
 
No person under twenty one (21) years of age shall have, possess, or carry any tobacco product or nicotine delivery system.  Violation of this provision may be punished in the manner provided in MGL Chapter 40 Section 21 D by a fine of $25.00 and/or by seizure of said products.
 
.2       USE OF TOBACCO OR NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCTS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, CEMETERIES AND ATHLETIC FIELDS
 
No person shall use tobacco or a nicotine delivery system  in any park, playground , cemetery or athletic field owned or maintained by the City of Malden.  Every park in which the use of tobacco or nicotine delivery products is prohibited shall have at least one notice conspicuously posted so as to be clearly visible. Violations of this section may be punished in the manner provided in MGL Chapter 40, Section 21D by a fine of $100.00.