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Unless the term is otherwise defined, the following definitions shall govern the interpretation of this chapter:

1. “Cigarette vending machine” means any electronic or mechanical device or appliance, the operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper bill or other thing representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product and/or tobacco accessories.

2. “Tobacco product” means any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and dipping tobacco.

3. “Tobacco accessories” means cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.

4. A “six month owner” means a person who purchased a cigarette vending machine fewer than six months prior to the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of using the vending machine to sell or distribute tobacco products exclusively within the city of Montague and who on the effective date of this chapter was using the vending machine in an area accessible to minors and who has not, or will not have, recovered his, her, or its investment therein by the date on which discontinuance of use is required pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 95-04 § 1 (part), 1996)