Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 8.12 Smoking in City-Owned Facilities

As used in this chapter:

A. "City-owned building or facility" means any and all structures owned or under the control of the city, customarily used for municipal purposes, including places of public assembly.

B. "Enclosed space" means any space contained within a roof and walls on all sides, normally used for human habitation or occupation.

C. "Sign" means a device utilizing letters at least one inch high, posted in a conspicuous place, advising that smoking is allowed within a room or space in which such sign is posted.

D. "Smoke" or "smoking" means the inhaling, exhaling, lighting, burning or carrying of any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco product or other vegetable material customarily burned for the ingestion of the smoke produced thereby.

(Ord. 1457 § 1 (part), 1989)

It is unlawful for any person to smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco product or similar substance within any enclosed space located in any city-owned building or facility, whether or not such space is open to the public, unless appropriate signs are posted designating such space to be a "smoking permitted" area.

(Ord. 1457 § 1 (part), 1989)

This chapter shall not apply to:

A. Any city-owned outdoor facility, intended and utilized primarily for recreational purposes, including parks and stadiums or similar places where members of the public assemble to engage in or witness athletic competitions or entertainment events. However, smoking in such locations or facilities as designated by the city manager may be prohibited by posting of appropriate signs indicating that smoking is not permitted;

B. Jail or detention facilities in which arrestees, sentenced or unsentenced prisoners are confined;

C. Enclosed spaces in city-owned facilities designated by the city manager, and appropriately signed, allowing smoking.

(Ord. 1457 § 1 (part), 1989)