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Ordinance 2208 Page 2 of 12 WHEREAS, the CDC reports that accessibility, availability and prices of tobacco products affect youth usage, with higher cost for tobacco reducing underage usage, citing Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General, Atlanta: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2012; and WHEREAS, it is in the community's public health and safety interest to reduce underage use of tobacco products, in particular by lessening the availability of and exposure to flavored tobacco products and electronic smoking devices, as well as enforce tobacco sales restrictions. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Finds that the amendment to the Municipal Code has no possibility to have a significant effect on the environment per Title 14 California Code of Regulations §15061(b)(3) as persons age twenty-one and older can obtain flavored tobacco and electronic smoking devices, including those at other prices, in other jurisdictions and on-line, and other tobacco sales can continue at existing tobacco retailers and tobacco stores. Section 2. Finds that these amendments to the Municipal Code conform with the following provisions of the General Plan's Public Facilities and Community Programs Element regarding Human Services: • Goal 9: Promote a healthy community and a strong community support system. • Policy 21: Promote a healthy community through the provision of health and mental health facilities and services, and healthy community design. • Policy 24: Facilitate the provision of safe, accessible youth activities, facilities and services. • Program 24.1: Support the Youth Commission in its study of youth needs in Pleasanton. Section 3. Amends Municipal Code Chapter 9.32 Tobacco Restrictions and Title 18 Zoning as set forth in the attached Exhibit A. Section 4. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15 days after its adoption in "The Valley Times", a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption; but the provisions amending Pleasanton Municipal Code §§9.32.030 [prohibition on flavored tobacco sales city-wide], 9.32.050 [prohibition on sale of electronic smoking devices and related paraphernalia city-wide], 9.32.065 [minimum package size and pricing], shall not be enforced until January 1, 2021.