HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1193 N.C.S. 09/15/1975ORDINANCE•NO. 1193
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN
William Perry, Jr.
AN ,ORD,INANCE TO ADD CHAPTER: ',8: 20 TO-
MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING SMOKING =IN
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N. C. S.
SECONDED BY: CO.UNC
James L. 'Harberson
T'I'TLE 8••,OF THE PETALUMA'
CERTAIN PUBLIC :PLACES
BE IT ORDAINED - BY - THE COUNCIL-•-OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
- Section 1 . , Chapter 8.:,20 is hereby' added, - Title - 8 of the-Petaluma
Municipal Code :as followsc
- CHAPTER > 20: REGULATION - -OF- SMOK -ING ;I_N.- CERTAIN- •PUBLI- C -•PLACES
Sectionr - 8. 2D. O10 -- :Findings: The City -Council of - the City of
Petaluma hereby •finds . •that• tobacco- smoke constitutes a nuisance
and a potential health: hazard - to non- simokers and smokers- alike.
Sect-ion-_8.' 020: -- -Def2nit ions
(a) • ".Smoke ": or . "Smoking" is defined - as th�e.. holding.,
possession or smoking of a -lighted pipe,,... cigar,.: - or ciga-
rette of any kind or of a_ pipe.,.: cigar, or
cigarette of any.kind.
(b) "Public meeting ",•'is defined -as any. occasion - during which
public - business •is by- any�_elec,ted -or appointed
official,' committee,' - commission., council, or board under
-circumstance's - requiring or permitting direct partic pa-
tion.. or. - observation- : - the genera`l-• public.
.Section-= 8--2D0 -.030 Regulat3ong -of S -mok-ing - Certain- Publ-ic - -
- • °laces - - -_ No :person shall-. smoke --in any- ro enclosure or area
wherein : -publ &- being held.. ept in that area
commonly known . =as .the lobby. Q
--Signs s to =bePos a
- Sect a .
9;? t g - sh -1l be posted
conspicuous 1'y- -, .n every room,; - build' ° r designated area
where--smoking is prohibited purse to th' ordinance,- by the
owner,• operator,- manager, . or - oth erson i - ng- control - of such .
roomy -bui.lding,, �or designated ''a Su h'S ,gns shall .contain
the legend "No Smoking" , in let e s , at lest 2 inches high.
-- Section 8. -20, -050 : icila i Inf ciion: Any person who-fails
s e 914 m e ur e a person knowingly smok-
UIA
ing --in violation ::of °this finance guilty off an infraction
punishable by. a , f-ne. of , n ore th $50.0'0 , (Fifty Dollars)
- Section- -2. ... The City Clerk is hereby directed to poxwpublish this ordi
nance :for the. period and- _in the manner -required by the° City Charter.
ORDERED ISM /_PUBLISHED this 15th day of September , 1975.
ADOPTED this day•of 1975, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
m ayor -
At-test:
City Clerk