[Added 10-23-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-09]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM
Any oral electronic and/or battery-powered device that contains a cartridge filled with nicotine, flavor, or other chemicals.
SMOKING
Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated bidis, cigar, cigarette, cigarillos, hookah, kreteks, little cigar, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation in any manner or in any form. The act of smoking includes the use of any electronic nicotine delivery system.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any manufactured product containing tobacco or nicotine, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, bidis, snus, dissolvable tobacco products, and electronic nicotine delivery devices. However, "tobacco product" does not include any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, pursuant to its authority over drugs and devices, for sale as a tobacco use cessation product or for other medical purposes and which is being marketed and sold solely for that approved use.
The use of tobacco products is prohibited within 50 feet of buildings owned or operated by the City of Schenectady which are open to the public.
No ash can, ashtray, or other smoking waste receptacle shall be placed in any area in which smoking is prohibited by this article.
A. 
Each instance of smoking or tobacco product use in violation of this article shall constitute a separate violation. For violations other than smoking or tobacco product use, each day of a continuing violation of this article shall constitute a separate violation.
B. 
Causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, or concealing a violation of any provision of this article shall also constitute a violation of this article.
C. 
Each violation of this article constitutes a violation subject to a fine of $50.
D. 
Enforcement of this article shall be the responsibility of the Schenectady Police Department.