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City of Meriden, CT
New Haven County
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[Adopted 7-17-2017]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Any building or structure owned or leased by the City of Meriden.
SMOKING
Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and marijuana, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. Smoking also includes the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
A. 
Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, snus; and
B. 
Any electronic device that delivers nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, or hookah.
C. 
Notwithstanding any provision of Subsections A and B to the contrary, tobacco product includes any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately.
A. 
No person shall smoke or use any tobacco product within 25 feet of doors, windows, and air intakes surrounding municipal buildings.
B. 
The Hunter Memorial Golf Course and Augusta Curtis Cultural Center are excluded from this article.
Every municipal building shall have at least one conspicuously displayed sign stating that smoking and the use of tobacco products are prohibited. Such signs must have appropriate text and/or graphics to clearly indicate that smoking and the use of tobacco products are prohibited and include the appropriate City of Meriden ordinance citation. Such signs shall be posted in a quantity and manner reasonably likely to inform individuals occupying the area that tobacco use is prohibited within the area.
A designated smoking/tobacco use area may be identified surrounding the municipal building for employees, volunteers, customers, vendors, clients, consultants, contractors and all other visitors. A person smoking or using tobacco products in the designated area shall not be subject to a penalty.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by citation. The following persons have authority to issue citations for violations pursuant to this article: City of Meriden Police Officers.
A warning shall be issued for a first offense. The citation amount for a second offense shall be $25. The citation amount for a third offense shall be $50. The citation amount for the fourth or more offenses shall be $99. Such citation shall be on a form as prescribed by the City of Meriden.