Ordinance 64 of 2013

SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE

No. 64 of 2013

(Smoking Prohibited in City Parks, Recreational Areas, Cemeteries,

and Certain Other Locations, and Near Mass Gatherings)

An ordinance amending Section 15.30.010 and Section 15.30.020 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to the prohibition of smoking in city parks, recreational areas, cemeteries, and certain other locations, and near mass gatherings.

Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:

SECTION 1. That Section 15.30.010 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to the prohibition of smoking in city parks, recreational areas, and cemeteries, and near mass gatherings, be, and the same hereby is, amended as follows:

15.30.010: DEFINITIONS:

CITY PARK: Means and includes city owned parks, cemeteries, trails, ball diamonds, golf courses, soccer fields, and other recreation areas, but not designated smoking areas specified by the city. This definition applies only to Chapter 15.30, and is not intended for any other purpose, or to characterize as a park any area that is not otherwise a park under other applicable laws.

MASS GATHERING: An outdoor assembly of one hundred (100) or more people on city owned property that reasonably can be expected to continue for two (2) or more hours.

PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING SQUARE: Means and includes all the grounds within the legal boundaries particularly described in Exhibit A of this chapter.

SMOKE OR SMOKING: Means and includes possession, carrying, or holding a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment, or the lighting or emitting or exhaling of smoke of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, or of any other lighted smoking equipment.

SECTION 2. That Section 15.30.020 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to the prohibition of smoking in city parks, recreational areas, and cemeteries, and near mass gatherings, be, and the same hereby is, amended as follows:

15.30.020: PROHIBITIONS:

Smoking is hereby prohibited in city parks, light rail train stations, within twenty-five feet of bus stops, within fifty feet of mass gatherings, and in public squares, in particular Library Square and the Public Safety Building Square, but in the case of the Public Safety Building Square, only if the City specifies a designated smoking area within the Public Safety Building Square. A violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed twenty five dollars ($25.00) but not by imprisonment. Police officers shall have the discretion to issue a "warning" if they deem it is in the best interests of the city for the first offense.

SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first publication.

Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 12^th day of November, 2013.

Bill No. 64 of 2013.

Published: November 22, 2013.