§ 17-135. Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places.

(a)

Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within the city, including, but not limited to, the following places:

(1)

Any vehicle of public transportation, including, but not limited to, buses, limousines for hire and taxicabs;

(2)

All public areas and waiting rooms of public transportation facilities, including, but not limited to, bus and airport facilities;

(3)

Libraries, educational facilities, child care and adult day care facilities, museums, auditoriums, aquariums, and art galleries;

(4)

Any health care facility, health clinic or ambulatory care facility, including, but not limited to, laboratories associated with rendition of health care treatment, hospitals, nursing homes, doctors' and dentists' offices;

(5)

Any indoor place of entertainment or any recreation facility, including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, bingo halls, billiard or pool halls, bowling alleys, arenas and swimming pools;

(6)

Service lines;

(7)

Places licensed to be drinking establishments;

(8)

Restaurants;

(9)

Convention facilities;

(10)

Elevators;

(11)

Sports arenas, including, but not limited to, enclosed places in outdoor arenas;

(12)

Any other area used by the public or serving as a place of work, including open office landscaping;

(13)

Every room, chamber, place of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings under the control of any board, council, commission, committee, including but not limited to joint committees, or agencies of the city or any other political subdivision of the state during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the jurisdiction of the city;

(14)

All enclosed facilities owned by the unified government or any predecessor government and any subordinate agency, board or commission;

(15)

Rooms in which meetings or hearings open to the public are held, except where such rooms are in a private residence;

(16)

Licensed child day care facilities;

(17)

Common indoor areas in apartment buildings, condominiums, and other multiple-unit residential facilities including, but not limited to, exercise rooms, hallways, lobbies, meeting rooms, laundry rooms, and recreational facilities;

(18)

Common indoor areas and rooms permanently designated as a "non smoking" room that are offered for lease or rent to the public in hotels and motels. For the purposes of this article, common areas shall include, but not be limited to, exercise rooms, hallways, lobbies, meeting rooms, laundry rooms, and recreational facilities;

(19)

Educational facilities;

(20)

Grocery stores; other retail stores, convenience stores, and indoor shopping malls;

(21)

Public restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, and other common-use areas in any building;

(22)

Workplaces not exempted by this article.

(23)

Within ten feet of any doorway, open window and air intake of establishments where smoking is prohibited; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to the outdoor seating area of a restaurant or drinking establishment where smoking is allowed if reasonable efforts are made to minimize the chance of smoke affecting the inside occupants of the establishment.

(Ord. No. O-91-08, § 5, 12-18-2008; Ord. No. O-35-15 , § 2, 7-9-2015)