Council to weigh first reading of tobacco sales ban
At Tuesday's meeting, the Town Council will consider introducing and giving first reading to an ordinance that would repeal and replace Title 6, Chapter 7 of the town code — the 'Tobacco Retailer License' chapter — and install a near-total ban on tobacco and nicotine product sales in San Anselmo, with certain exceptions. Staff's recommendation is to introduce and adopt the first reading.
The proposal has drawn unusually heavy written input ahead of the hearing: nine separate public comment letters on file from named residents — Simenstad, Ziesing, Bruckner (who filed two), Daniels, Eisenberg, Hammond, Lerner and Shortino — plus a submission from the group CFCA. The agenda packet lists the letters as public comment on the record but does not indicate whether each supports or opposes the ban.
If the council introduces the ordinance Tuesday, it would still need to come back for a second reading before any ban could take effect.