The purpose of this article is to:
(1) 
Improve and protect the public's health by eliminating smoking in public buildings owned and operated by the city;
(2) 
Guarantee the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air in such places; and
(3) 
Recognize that the need to breathe smoke-free air shall have priority over the choice to smoke.
(Ordinance 08-02-26-D, sec. 2A, adopted 2/26/08)
The words and phrases used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall have the following meanings:
City building.
Any city building or structure that is owned, leased or operated by the city.
Smoke or smoking.
The carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking material, equipment or device, and the lighting, emitting or exhaling the smoke of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind.
Tobacco.
Any tobacco, cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff or any other form of tobacco, which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other means of ingestion or absorption.
(Ordinance 08-02-26-D, sec. 2A, adopted 2/26/08)
(a) 
Smoking or the use of any tobacco is hereby prohibited in all city buildings within the city limits.
(b) 
Smoking or the use of tobacco is hereby prohibited within a distance of not less than twenty-five feet (25′) outside of entrances, operable windows, and ventilation systems of a city building.
(Ordinance 08-02-26-D, sec. 2A, adopted 2/26/08)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or use tobacco in any area where smoking or tobacco use is prohibited by the provisions of this article or to violate any provision of this article.
(b) 
Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this article shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provisions found in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 08-02-26-D, sec. 2A, adopted 2/26/08)