§ 34-473. Prohibition of smoking in enclosed places of employment and all enclosed public places; prohibition of smoking on sidewalks abutting hospitals.

(a)

The possession of lighted smoking materials in any form, including but not limited to, the possession of lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other tobacco products, shall be prohibited in all enclosed places of employment within the city.

(b)

The possession of lighted smoking materials in any form, including but not limited to, the possession of lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other tobacco products, shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within the city, including but not limited to the following places:

(1)

Any vehicle of public transportation, including but not limited to buses, limousines for hire and taxicabs;

(2)

Elevators;

(3)

Restrooms;

(4)

Libraries, educational facilities, childcare and adult day care facilities, museums, auditoriums, aquariums and art galleries;

(5)

Any health care facility, health clinic or ambulatory care facilities, including but not limited to laboratories associated with the rendition of health care treatment, hospitals, nursing homes, doctors' offices and dentists' offices;

(6)

Any indoor place of entertainment or recreation, including but not limited to gymnasiums, theaters, concert halls, bingo halls, billiard halls, betting establishments, bowling alleys, arenas and swimming pools;

(7)

Service lines;

(8)

Facilities primarily used for exhibiting a motion picture, stage, drama, lecture, musical recital, or other similar performance;

(9)

Shopping malls;

(10)

Sports arenas, including enclosed places in outdoor arenas;

(11)

Bars;

(12)

Restaurants;

(13)

Convention facilities;

(14)

All public areas and waiting rooms of public transportation facilities, including but not limited to bus and airport facilities;

(15)

Any other area used by the public or serving as a place of work, including open office landscaping;

(16)

Every room, chamber, place of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings under the control of any board, council, commission, committee, including, but not limited to joint committees, or agencies of the city or any political subdivision of the state during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the jurisdiction of the city;

(17)

All enclosed facilities owned by the city; and

(18)

Rooms in which meetings or hearings open to the public are held, except where such rooms are in a private residence.

(c)

Possession of lighted smoking materials in any form, including but not limited to the possession of lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other tobacco products, is prohibited on public sidewalks abutting acute care hospital property lines.

(d)

No one shall possess lighted smoking materials in any form, including but not limited to lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other tobacco products in a manner that impedes entrance to or exit from a building where smoking is prohibited pursuant to this section.

(e)

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 080073, § 4, 1-17-08)