For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY LAND. Any unenclosed land owned or managed by the city, including, but not limited to, parking lots and landscaped areas, but not including dedicated streets, sidewalks, and tree lawns.
CITY PROPERTY. Any enclosed area of any building, structure, vehicle, or other enclosed space owned and operated by the city, wheresoever located within the city.
MARIHUANA. All parts of a plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds of a plant of that type; the resin extracted from a part of a plant of that type; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of a plant of that type or of its seeds or resin. MARIHUANA does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oils or cake made from the seeds of the plant, or any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted from the mature stalks, fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination. MARIHUANA does not include HEMP or a HEMP PRODUCT as those terms are defined in R.C. § 928.01.
SIGN. Legible, English lettering on a contrasting background to clearly indicate that smoking is not permitted and to provide related information. The international “NO SMOKING” symbol, consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed with a red circle with a red bar across it, may be used in or substituted for a sign indicating that smoking is prohibited. A sign shall be of sufficient size to be clearly legible to one of normal vision throughout the area it is intended to mark.
SMOKING. The combustion of tobacco, including cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigar tobacco and all other types and forms of tobacco products.
SMOKING MATERIALS. Any cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant or other smoking equipment in any form.
TOBACCO. Any lighted or unlighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, bidi, clove cigarette, electronic cigarette and any other smoking product, and spit tobacco, also known as smokeless, dip, chew and snuff, in any form.
(Ord. 191-94, passed 10-24-1994; Ord. 197-2017, passed 12-18-2017; Ord. 102-2018, passed 6-11-2018; Ord. 24-17R, passed 2-12-2024)
(a) No person shall engage in smoking or the use of tobacco or marihuana in city property.
(b) No person shall engage in smoking or the use of tobacco or marihuana on city land.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 191-94, passed 10-24-1994; Ord. 150-06, passed 12-18-2006; Ord. 102-2018, passed 6-11-2018; Ord. 24-17R, passed 2-12-2024)
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