[Adopted 4-13-2010 by Ord. No. 10-001[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance was originally adopted
as Ch. 437 but was renumbered in order to maintain the organizational
style of the Code.
The purpose of this article is to protect the health, comfort
and safety of the citizens of Oconto Falls by restricting the use
of tobacco products.
The City of Oconto Falls hereby adopts § 101.123,
Wis. Stats., Smoking prohibited, and 2009 Act 12, as amended from
time to time.
Any person in charge (defined)[1] of a restaurant, tavern, private club, or retail establishment
located in the City may designate an outside area that is a reasonable
distance from any entrance to the restaurant, tavern, private club,
or retail establishment where customers, employees, or persons associated
with the restaurant, tavern, private club, or retail establishment
may smoke.
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Editor’s Note: See § 101.123(1)(d), Wis. Stats.
Any person who violates this article shall be subject to a forfeiture
of not less than $100 nor more than $250, plus costs, for each violation.
If a person in charge violates this article, the City Police must
issue a warning notice and the police may not issue a citation for
the first violation. For each subsequent violation by a person in
charge, the forfeiture, in total, shall be $100, plus costs, for all
violations occurring on a single day.
This article shall be effective on July 5, 2010.
