04-28-14 Council Agenda & Packet

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Smokefree Air Ordinance of 2014 Page 6 jil i Section I. Various sections of Article 10 of Chapter 14 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE 10. SMOKEFREE AIR 81%48I0NG REGULATIONS. Sec. 14-61. Title. This Article shall be known as the City of South Bend Smokefree Air Ordinance of 2014 Sec. 14 -62. Findings and Intent The Common Council of the City of South Bend Indiana finds and declares that the Purposes of this Article are: (1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment and (2) to guarantee the right of nonsmokers to breathe smokefree air, and to recognize that the need to breathe smokefree air shall have priority over the desire to smoke. See. 14-63. Definitions. All definitions set forth in IC 7.1 -5 -121 related to "prohibition on Smoking" shall govern; and shall be supplemented by the following words and phrases whenever used in this Article shall be construed as defined in this Section: (a) "Bar" means an establishment that is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages including but not limited to tavems nightclubs cocktail lounges, and cabarets. (b) "Business" means a sole proprietorship partnership joint venture corporation or other business entity, either for -profit or not - for -profit including retail establishments where goods or services are sold Professional corporations and other entities where legal medical dental, engineering architectural or other professional services are delivered; and private clubs. (c) "E- cigarette" means any electronic oral device such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and/or electronic circuit which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substances, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking The term shall include anv 'Indiana Code & 7.1 -5 -12 sets forth definitions for the following terms: ashtray, Place of employment public place, and smoking.