Notice of Department Realignment
	Please be advised that in September, 2009, the Glendale City Council approved the realignment of the functions and responsibilities of the Community Development and Housing Department into three new, reformulated departments in order to improve service delivery to the community through coordination of programs and staff. This realignment and transfer of functions and responsibilities is effective as of January 1, 2010. The former Community Development and Housing divisions and their new respective departments are noted below:

	Division Housing Division Neighborhood Services Community Development Block Grant Workforce Development	New Department Community Redevelopment and Housing Community Planning Community Services and Parks Community Services and Parks

	Over the next few months, the WebPages for the new departments will be changing to reflect the reorganization. At some point in the near future, the webpage for the Community Development and Housing Department will be discontinued and viewers will be redirected.
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Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance

Neighborhood Services > Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordinance

GMC 5.94.030

Tobacco Retailer Licensing Ordiance in the News

No person shall engage in or operate as a tobacco retailer without first obtaining and maintaining a valid tobacco retailer’s permit pursuant to this chapter for each location at which that activity is to occur.

Reduce the access of tobacco and tobacco paraphernalia among minors. All Tobacco Retailers are required to purchase a local license in addition to the State Board of Equalization license required by the State of California.

The tobacco retailers licensing ordinance is about protecting our most important investments: our merchants and our youth. By purchasing a permit to sell tobacco and tobacco paraphernalia, merchants will fulfill their legal obligation, their civic duty, and most of all; they will have a golden opportunity to protect the health and safety of our youth.

The following campaign began with creating a partnership between the City and the business community to reduce the access of tobacco and tobacco paraphernalia among our minors.

Pre-notification letter:
A pre-notification letter was sent to all merchants in Glendale that sell tobacco and tobacco products that were registered with the State Board of Equalization to give them advance notice of the ordinance. The letter has a detachable form that merchants could return if they wanted to remain informed of the progress of the ordinance implementation.

What was the letter supposed to accomplish?
The letter was meant to gain merchant support of reducing access of tobacco to minors and provide them with advance notification of the upcoming ordinance.

What happened after the letter was sent?
Town Hall meetings were scheduled where retailers were invited to hear and ask questions about the new ordinance and provide input on the implementation of it.

The ordinance was drafted again to contain the retailer suggestions and input and then brought to the Glendale City Council for approval. The City Council voted unanimously to pass the ordinance on September 18th 2007.

TRLO: Good for business. Good for youth. Good for our community.

Last modified: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:41:41 PM