Number
050296
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DAVIS
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the regulation of smoking inside buildings that are open to the public.
Sections
105-48 rc
105-49 rp
105-50-1 rc
Analysis
This ordinance revises the current smoking regulations which apply only to city-owned buildings, theaters and buses, and expands them to prohibit smoking inside all enclosed public places and places of employment within the city.
However, the following areas are exempted from the prohibition:
1. Family-owned and operated places of employment in which all employes are related to the owners and the enclosed areas of employment are not open to the public.
2. Hotel and motel sleeping rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking rooms, provided not more than 20% of the rooms rented to guests are designated as such.
3. Outdoor patios.
4. Private clubs or lodges.
5. Private residences, except when used as licensed daycare centers, adult care facilities, health care facilities or home-based businesses of any kind open to the public.
6. Retail tobacco stores, where sale of tobacco products and smoking accessories are the primary sources of revenue.
7. The stage of any theater when used in connection with any theatrical performance and so noticed in the program.
8. Any public place or place of employment whose owner can demonstrate that the air in his or her establishment has been purified as to render the secondhand smoke in such area equivalent to such exposure to secondhand smoke in the ambient outdoor air surrounding the establishment.
This ordinance takes effect 3 months after passage and publication, except for class “B” taverns that derive at least 75% of their gross proceeds from the sale of alcohol beverages. For these facilities, the ordinance is effective 2 years and 3 months after passage and publication.
It is the responsibility of the owner or operator of an establishment to post signs pro...
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