4.17.070 License required for dealers in cigarettes or tobacco products.
A. No person may sell, purchase, possess or acquire cigarettes or tobacco products in the city as a manufacturer, distributor, direct-buying retailer, vending machine operator or buyer without a license issued under this chapter.
B. The department, upon application and payment of the fee, shall issue a license to each manufacturer, distributor, direct-buying retailer, vending machine operator or buyer. A copy of the applicant’s state of Alaska business license required under AS 43.50.010 through 43.50.390 must accompany the application. The application must include the following information:
1. The applicant’s name and address;
2. The name under which the cigarette or tobacco products business will be conducted;
3. The applicant’s cigarette or tobacco products business categories as a manufacturer, distributor, direct-buying retailer, vending machine operator or buyer;
4. In the case of vending machine operator, the number of vending machines which will be operated;
5. Proof of a valid state of Alaska business license with a tobacco endorsement; and
6. Other information required on the department’s application form.
C. The department may refuse to issue a license if there is reasonable cause to believe that the applicant has willfully withheld information requested to determine the applicant’s eligibility to receive a license, or if there is reasonable cause to believe that information submitted in the application is false or misleading and is not made in good faith.
D. The department shall refuse to issue a license if the applicant is delinquent on their city sales tax at the time of their application. If the applicant has been delinquent for more than thirty (30) days in the twelve (12) months preceding the license application, the city shall have the discretion to issue a provisional license subject to monthly review and subject to on-time remittance of city sales taxes.
E. A license required by this chapter is in addition to any other license required by law or city code.
F. A license issued under this chapter shall include:
1. The name and address of the licensee;
2. The type of business to be conducted;
3. The address at which the business is conducted; and
4. The years for which the license is issued. [Ord. 12-09 § 2.]