Woodland, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted ordinance
- Yolo County Code Tit. 6, Ch. 15
- Excluded county section
- § 6-15-04
- Renewal bar
- 60+ consecutive days no retailing
- Terminology swap
- "County" becomes "City" throughout
- Council role
- acts as adopted "Board of Supervisors"
Summary
In the City of Woodland, California, Municipal Code Section 9.28.260 adopts Yolo County's tobacco retailer permit ordinance, Title 6, Chapter 15 of the Yolo County Code, by reference, except County Section 6-15-04, so any retailer selling cigarettes, other tobacco products or e-cigarettes in the city must hold the County-designed permit as enforced within Woodland's limits.
§ 9.28.260. Adoption of Yolo County Code relating to tobacco retail permits. A. Title 6, Chapter 15 of the Yolo County Code, pertaining to tobacco retailer permits, is hereby incorporated, in its entirety, with the exception of Section 6-15-04, by reference into this code and shall be enforced within the limits of the City. ... ... C. A tobacco retailer license may be renewed for any location in the City so long as: (1) no permanent revocation (as opposed to temporary suspension) of a license previously held for the location has occurred; (2) tobacco retailing has not ceased at the location for 60 consecutive days or longer, whether due to a business closure or otherwise; (3) the licensee does not substantially change the business premises or business operation; and (4) the licensee retains the right to operate under other applicable laws, including without limitation the zoning ordinance, building codes, or other applicable codes.
Full Breakdown
Rather than write its own licensing scheme, Woodland incorporates the Yolo County tobacco retailer permit ordinance directly into its code at Section 9.28.260. Subsection A adopts Title 6, Chapter 15 of the Yolo County Code in its entirety, with one carve-out for County Section 6-15-04, and directs that it "shall be enforced within the limits of the City." Subsection B substitutes City terminology for County terminology throughout the adopted text: references to "unincorporated areas of the County of Yolo" become "City limits," "Chapter" becomes "Article," "Yolo County Code" becomes "Woodland Municipal Code," and the reference to the "Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo" in County Section 6-15.16 becomes the "City Council of the City of Woodland." Subsection C sets renewal conditions for a tobacco retailer license at any City location: no permanent revocation of a prior license for that location, no cessation of tobacco retailing at the location for 60 or more consecutive days, no substantial change to the business premises or operation, and continued compliance with other applicable laws such as zoning and building codes.
This adopted permit requirement sits alongside, and is separate from, Woodland's own vendor-assisted sales and self-service display restrictions in Section 9.28.240 and its tobacco-free park zones in Section 9.28.250.
Violations & Fines
Because Woodland enforces the Yolo County tobacco retailer permit ordinance as adopted in Section 9.28.260, operating without the County-issued, City-enforced permit, or violating its renewal conditions such as a 60-day cessation of retailing or an unapproved change to the business premises, exposes a retailer to loss or non-renewal of the permit under the terms carried over from Yolo County Code Title 6, Chapter 15.
Frequently Asked Questions
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