§ 17-136. Responsibilities of proprietors, owners and managers.

(a)

The person having control of a place, business, office or other establishment or activity subject to this article shall not knowingly permit, cause, suffer or allow any person to violate the provisions of this article in that place and shall take all necessary steps to prevent or stop another person from smoking in violation of this article. "Necessary steps" means to take all reasonable actions to prevent smoking in violation of this article by employees, patrons and visitors in the place, business, office or establishment, including: posting "no-smoking" signs and removing all ashtrays; verbally asking a person who is smoking to extinguish the smoking materials; refusing service to a person who is illegally smoking; verbally asking anyone illegally smoking to leave the premises; and applying standard business procedures in the same manner for violations of house rules or other local ordinances or state laws. If the employee, patron or visitor smoking in violation of this article is hard of hearing, the communications with that person may be written, in sign language or other effective means of communication.

(b)

The person having control of a place, subject to this article, shall clearly and conspicuously post "No Smoking" signs or the international "No Smoking" symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it) at every entrance and every place where smoking is prohibited by this article. Such signage shall consist of letters not less than one inch in height and clearly state that smoking is prohibited by state law.

(Ord. No. O-91-08, § 6, 12-18-2008; Ord. No. O-35-15 , § 3, 7-9-2015)