[Derived from Art. IX of Ch. XII of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]
As used in this Article, the following words shall have the meanings indicated:
SMOKING
Inhaling and puffing out the smoke of burning tobacco and/or a substitute therefor and also the carrying of burning tobacco or a substitute therefor in any form, whether in the form of a cigarette, electronic cigarette, cigar or any other fire- and/or smoke-producing device, including pipes.
[Amended 1-20-2015]
Smoking shall be unlawful for any person in and/or upon the following conveyances, places, premises, buildings, structures or specified areas thereof:
A. 
Public transportation vehicles and conveyances, excluding taxicabs and railroad trains.
B. 
Retail and wholesale stores having a ground floor area of 10,000 square feet or more or having store accommodations over two stories in height above the curb level, excluding rest rooms, restaurants, executive offices, beauty parlors, barbershops or areas designated by written permission of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
C. 
Schools while in session; excluding schools above secondary educational levels, rooms classified as faculty rooms, principals' offices and areas designated by written permission of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
D. 
Theaters, one hour prior to, during and one hour after occupancy for a theatrical or operatic performance; excluding outer lobbies, loges and rest rooms or areas designated by written permission of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
E. 
Motion-picture theaters, one hour prior to, during and one hour after the exhibition of motion pictures, including the restrictions under Subsection D of this section, and excluding outer lobbies, loges and rest rooms or areas designated by written permission of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
F. 
Tents exceeding 1,000 square feet, excluding tents used on private property for social functions and funeral purposes at cemeteries.
G. 
Public elevators.
H. 
Woodworking shops, planing mills, lumber-drying rooms or lumberyards.
I. 
Dry-cleaning or dyeing plants or establishments using flammable solvents.
J. 
Rooms or areas of buildings on premises in which flammable liquids, flammable gases or explosives are manufactured, used or stored.
K. 
Motion-picture projection booths or places for storage of motion-picture film, including safety film.
L. 
Paint shops or paint-manufacturing establishments using flammable liquids, flammable solvents, flammable paints, public storage or repair garages, stables or aircraft hangars, excluding open-air storage garages of fireproof construction having a minimum of two-thirds (2/3) of the exterior wall area open to the outdoors.
M. 
Rooms or portions of a building in which sawdust, loose paper, straw or combustible packing materials, including upholstering materials, are stored or used.
N. 
In any area of piers, wharves, warehouses, stores, industrial plants, institutions, places of assembly and in open spaces where combustible materials are stored or handled, including those outlined above, which, upon investigation, the Bureau of Fire Prevention finds that conditions are such as to make smoking a hazard and shall order the owner or occupant or agent to post "no smoking" signs in each building, structure, room or place in which smoking shall be prohibited. The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall designate specific safe locations, if necessary, in any building, structure or place where smoking shall be permitted.
A. 
The owner, occupant or person managing any place, building or premises wherein smoking is hereby prohibited or regulated shall post in conspicuous places in areas where smoking is prohibited signs at least 18 inches long and 12 inches high, with red lettering on white background, said lettering being at least two and one-half (2 1/2) inches high, bearing the following legend:
SMOKING PROHIBITED
Under Penalty of a Fine
Section 18.12 Fire Prevention Code
By Order of the Fire Prevention Bureau
B. 
Smaller signs may be used in elevators, small rooms and designated areas upon approval by the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or use matches or any fire-producing device in such a dangerous, careless or reckless manner as to set fire to any bedding, furniture, curtains, shades, drapes or other flammable household equipment or contents or any part of any building so as to endanger life or property. A plainly printed notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place advising the occupants of the provisions of this Article in each sleeping room of all hotels, motels, rooming houses, lodging houses or other places of public abode.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any legally required "smoking prohibited" sign or to remove any printed notices of this Article in sleeping rooms where such signs or notices are posted.