HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Prohibiting Smoking in City BuildingsCity Meetings, and City Vehicles ORDINANCE NO. 3 3 5 8
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES,IOWA,BY REPEALING SECTION 17.7 THEREOF AND REENACTING
THE SAME TO REVISE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PROHIBITION OF
SMOKING IN CITY BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES: AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and is hereby amended by repealing
Section 17.7 thereof and reenacting the same revised to state as follows:
"Sec. 17.7 SMOKING PROHIBITED,CITY MEETINGS,BUILDINGS,AND VEHICLES
(1) No person shall smoke, or otherwise use, any cigarette, cigar, pipe or other smoking
equipment, or other tobacco product, in any room in which a public meeting of the city council or any
administrative agency, board, commission, committee or other governmental body of the City of Ames,
Iowa is being held,during said public meeting.
(Ord.No. 2655, Sections 1, 2, 5-23-78)
(2) No person shall smoke, or otherwise use, any cigarette, cigar, pipe, or other smoking
equipment, or other tobacco product, in any building under the use and control of the City or City
administrative agency, or in any enclosed courtyard of any such building, or in any vehicles, including
Cy-Ride,under the use and control of the City or City administrative agency,except in those areas,if any,
that have been designated and conspicuously posted as smoking areas.
(3) Violations of this ordinance are municipal infractions punishable by a civil penalty of
$25.00 for each offense.
(Ord. No. 3074, Sec. 1, 3-20-90), State Law Ref. Chap. 142B, Code oflowa."
Section Two. This ordinance shall constitute a Municipal Infraction punishable as stated above.
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after May 1, 1996.
Passed this 21 st day of November , 1995.
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Sandra L.Ryan,City'Clerl Larry R.Curtis ayor
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