§ 12-516. Smoking prohibited in public places and places of employment and government vehicles.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any public place or place of employment, or to smoke within 15 feet of any entrance to a public place or place of employment.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke anywhere within a distance of 15 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited under this section, so as to ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter the area through entrances, exits, open windows, or other means.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any place designated as a "No Smoking Area," as provided in section 12-518.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any vehicle owned, leased or operated by the State or any political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, the village.

(e)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any portion of the living quarters, including, but not limited to, sleeping rooms, dining areas, restrooms, laundry areas, lobbies, and hallways, of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned and operated or otherwise utilized by a public or private institution of higher education.

(f)

It shall be unlawful for any employer to knowingly permit smoking in any enclosed area in any place of employment in violation of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section.

(g)

It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or lessee, as the case may be, in control of a public place to knowingly permit smoking in any enclosed area in said public place in violation of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section.

(h)

It shall be unlawful for an employer or for the owner, occupant or lessee, as the case may be, in control of a public place to fail to post any required signs or fail to remove ash trays, as provided in section 12-519.

(Code 1993, § 12-23.2; Ord. No. 2003-O-75, 11-11-2003; Ord. No. 2007-O-61, 9-11-2007)