Subject: 9695/Amend Code/25-34/Airport Facility to Non-Smoking
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 09:35:00 -0500


                             ORDINANCE NO.           
                   
                   
                   
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, 
                   PART II, SECTION 25-34, RELATIVE TO THE 
                   PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN CERTAIN PUBLIC 
                   BUILDINGS.
                   
                   
                                                     
                   
                   
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Section 25-34 of the Chattanooga City 
       Code, Part II, be and is hereby amended by deleting said Section 
       in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
            Sec. 25-34.  Prohibition of Smoking in Public Buildings.
            
            	 (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke 
            tobacco or use tobacco or tobacco products in any form 
            in the following public buildings:
            
            	 (1)  City Hall;
            	 (2)  City Hall Annex; and
            	 (3)  Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority 
                      Passenger Terminal Facility
            
            	 (b)  Every owner or person in charge of a public 
            place where smoking is prohibited shall post one or more 
            signs in the area heretofore described which reads, 
            "Smoking Prohibited by City Ordinance" in letters at 
            least one inch in height.  Such signs shall be 
            prominently displayed and located so as to be clearly 
            visible to the public.
            
            	 (c)  The owner or person in charge of any public 
            place where a specific area or areas are designated as 
            areas where smoking is permitted shall post one or more 
            signs which read:  "Smoking Permitted In This Area."
            
            	 (d)  Anyone found guilty of violating this Section 
            shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor 
            more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
            
       	    	 SECTION 2.  That this Ordinance shall take effect two 
       (2) weeks from and after its passage, as provided by law.
       
       
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading ____________, 1992.   ____________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
       
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______
       
       	    	      	   	     DATE:________________ _______, 1992.
       
       
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       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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