Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by revising Chapter 9-4400, entitled "Responsible Business Operations," to add the sale of tobacco in violation of 18 Pa. C.S. § 6305 to the list of nuisance behaviors, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Bass
Introduced: February 27, 2025
Signed: May 8, 2025
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law makes selling tobacco in ways that break Pennsylvania state laws a nuisance behavior in Philadelphia.
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