(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or use smokeless tobacco
products in any municipal building (property owned by the city) or
any city-owned vehicles, unless such area has been designated as a
smoking area.
(b) “Smoke
or smoking” includes the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe,
cigar or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment
or device, and the lighting of, emitting or exhaling the smoke of
a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind.
(c) The
violation of any provision of this section shall be unlawful and a
misdemeanor offense; each day a violation of this section continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
(d) Nothing
in this section excuses noncompliance with any state or federal law,
city ordinance, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto
which prohibits smoking.
(Ordinance adopted 12/6/1994)