The purpose of this article is to protect the public health and to provide for the comfort of all parties by regulating and controlling smoking in certain municipal public places and at municipal public meetings.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Rockledge as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-9-1995 by Ord. No. 510 (Part 1, Ch. 16, of the 2005 Code of Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
All meetings opened to the public pursuant to the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."[1]
An enclosed, indoor area owned or operated by a state or local government, municipality or agency and used by the general public or serving as a place of work for municipal employees, including police officers, or any meeting place for a municipal public body, including an office, auditorium, arena, meeting room or public conveyance.
The carrying by a person of lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other lighted smoking device.
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Editor's Note: See 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
No person shall smoke in an area designated nonsmoking in accordance with the terms of this article by the proprietor or person in charge, in a municipal public place, or during a municipal public meeting.
The following places shall be exempt from this article:
A.
Private and social functions held in the Borough Hall where the area utilized is under the control of the sponsor and not the proprietor.
[Adopted 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 669]
As of the effective date of this article, smoking is prohibited in all public parks within the Borough of Rockledge. This includes all areas of every park.
For purposes of this article:
Being in possession of or causing to be located, within a public park, any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other smoking device.
A violation of this article is declared to be a summary offense punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of $100 and court costs. In the event of a second conviction for a violation of this article, the fine shall be $200.