[Adopted 3-22-1994 by Ord. No. 78]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FIRE OFFICIAL
The Fire Chief of any volunteer fire company providing fire
protection service to the Township of Nockamixon, or the duly commissioned
District Superintendent of the Palisades School District.
SMOKING
Includes possession of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or
other lighted smoking instrument.
TOBACCO USE
Includes smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco or tobacco
products in any form.
Smoking and tobacco use in any form by any person is prohibited
in the areas herein provided.
Smoking and tobacco use shall be prohibited in all public school
buildings, on all public school property and in all public school
buses within Nockamixon Township.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District
Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty
of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof,
the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues
or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense.
This article shall be enforced by the Palisades School Administrator,
deputized school police or other person designated by the Palisades
School Administrator.