All employers who operate a place of employment are encouraged to develop, implement, and maintain a written policy that accommodates the wishes of employees by designating smoking and nonsmoking areas under the same requirements as public areas.
(1) Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed facilities within a place of employment within the city, except for designated smoking areas, if such an area is provided to employees, and except as otherwise allowed by this division.
(2) If an area that is normally used for employee purposes such as eating or drinking or any other privilege normally available to employees is selected as the designated smoking area then an area offering the same services and privileges that is smoke-free shall be made available to nonsmoking employees.
(3) Any employer may declare the entire place of employment a nonsmoking workplace.
(4) Any area designated for smoking by an employer shall meet the requirement of a designated smoking area, and the other provisions of this division.
(Prior Code, § 13-184; Ord. of 12-21-1992; Ord. of 9-12-2006; Ord. of 3-24-2015)
State law reference(s)—Smoking in public, Texas Penal Code § 48.01.