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<br /> AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES'!I ":~~:;G,~"' .~;~, `~
<br /> ~UESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACTi ~ !~~;t"~ As ?'"~ ~ ,,~~`~`,'~wt ~:i~a";
<br /> TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE; DECLARING THAT A PERSON C OMNI:I'S A'`" C7~`".t?~'d`.?4~ '
<br /> `IF THE PERSON SMOKES AT A PUBLIC MEETING OR ANY PUBI`~~C I'Ir~.CTa 7~~~D '~~'???" !~'
<br /> PERSON IS NOT IN A DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA, AND P)~aV:I+:~IN~~- ~:'S~~~T ~~'JC~fi ~;
<br /> OFFENSE IS A MISDEMEANOR, AND ANY PERSON CONVICTET~ f~C!" ' L'N?~~n~.~~ ~'UL.raY ,~
<br /> SMOKING SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, A;`1D ~7HAhL, C1)~':1ty
<br /> CONVICTION, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TVJC~ T~~OtJSF~h~D r)t)Lj~~~t~: i'I
<br /> .;($2,000.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING ~. S~,T,"lw(ZX~'B:T'-a''''"~ ;
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<br />''^,LAUSE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY O`I~C-TiaC~. (~RO~?:1:alO~tit rat i
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<br /> 'THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEME;I~htOR ?~2~ZiJ 'JPJ"~ ~~I,
<br />' `CONVICTION SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE Tf-'rA~I T'~~O HTJi~xD~~i:~.`,. i:'i.
<br /> }DOLLARS ($200 .00) ; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION Qit 'T1-~> ;;fi;;~?r,":CC~J ~?F~' ` i,~
<br /> THIS ORDINANCE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN N(iri~'.t'a:~3GS;: C,~iII~;~'. r'~1`c7I'r';,
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<br /> PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. ~
<br /> WHEREAS, the Surgeon General of the United St~to^ ha"r ?!,c;k,aa rr~
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<br />that smoking is the number one public health issue Oi' car -ti.rte', arx~~
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<br />~' WHEREAS, smoking is a detriment to the economic t~.eaZ#~h of_ ~ I~
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte recognizes the tnc~~~~,~i tag ~
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<br /> '!,evidence that smoke creates a danger to the health o` sym~ ~~a.ti?~~:ns, i.;.
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<br />~~',and is a cause of annoyance and discomfort to those ~tai~o <~rf, irk ,
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<br />confined spaces where smoke is present; and
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<br />WHEREAS, in order to protect the health and weif:3~e .t.,~' th`o5r3
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<br /> ~7onsmokers, it is necessary to restrict smoking in ~~,~c~1:ic ~~~.~~:..~::~
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<br />~~-?xcept in areas designated as smoking areas; and '
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<br /> ~~ ,~~~ WHEREAS, the unregulated spread of the detrimc~izt•~~- e~; Fit ~.~ f7~'~~,
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<br />~~;moking and the potential harm smoking creates to ~som~ city , en:~ ~~..` ~~~
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNC rT~ 'ti C` '~'CjE; C' C'Y"Y'. ~~
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<br />' ~r;; Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the r'~ ~:Y ~i" L~~ k''~r•i~e la~
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<br />~~'HEALTH," which said section reads as Follows: }~ ,~.
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<br />` { Section ].2 1/8-1, "HEALTH." Smoking prohibited ?n ,pt~~~li~, ~
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<br />i 1. "Public meeting" means a meeting open to ,tp,,~ pubi icF'~:~nc9 ~~j
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