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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.
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SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
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CHAPTER 9-4400. RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OPERATIONS
§ 9-4401. Definitions.
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(3) Nuisance Behavior. Behavior that interferes with the health, safety or welfare of the community, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Illegal consumption or sale of alcoholic beverages;
(b) Illegal sale of tobacco products in violation of state law including selling tobacco to minors, selling loose cigarettes out of a pack and other offenses pursuant to 18 Pa. C.S. § 6305.
(c) [(b)] Illegal drug activity;
(d) [(c)] Unlawful street or sidewalk obstruction;
(e) [(d)] Gambling and illegal gaming activities;
(f) [(e)] Public urination or defecation;
(g) [(f)] Litter in the right-of-way, including the sidewalk or street;
(h) [(g)] Prostitution;
(i) [(h)] Owning, operating or conducting a vehicle chop shop in any building or structure, including a lot or curtilage, for the purpose of dealing in stolen vehicles or stolen vehicle parts or illegally obtaining and altering vehicles or vehicle identification numbers of vehicle parts;
(j) [(i)] Vehicles parked on the sidewalk;
(k) [(j)]Use of street parking spaces or sidewalk for open storage, sale, or rental of goods, or storage or repair of inoperable vehicles;
(l) [(k)] Unlicensed or unlawful firearms possession by a patron;
(m) [(l)] Short dumping;
(n) [(m)] Unlawful junk dealer operations;
(o) [(n)] Disorderly conduct and related behavior;
(p) [(o)] Conduct that violates the provisions of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code (47 P.S. §§ 1-101 et seq.) pertaining to unlawful acts relative to liquor and licensees (47 P.S. § 4-493);
(q) [(p)] Obstruction of an investigation of nuisance behavior;
(r) [(q)] Repeated or continuing violations of any other City ordinance and/or regulations;
(s) [(r)] Any other activity that constitutes a public nuisance under The Philadelphia Code.
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