(a) "Tobacco and Vapor Lounge" means any facility, establishment or location with patron seating or that is classified or seeks classifications as an assembly use as defined in the Ohio Building Code whose business operation includes either: (1) the smoking of any organic or synthetic material, including but not limited to plants, herbs, or tobacco; or (2) the utilization of a heating element that vaporizes a substance that releases nicotine, tobacco, flavored vapor, or vapor or fumes from any other organic or synthetic material, or any alternative nicotine product as defined in Section 2927.02 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(b) Tobacco and Vapor Lounges also include, but are not limited to, establishments known variously as e-cigarette bars, hookah bars, hookah cafes, hookah lounges, vape bars, vape cafes, vape lounges, cigar lounges, cigar bars, or a retail tobacco store, as defined in section 3794.01(H) of the Ohio Revised Code, where smoking, as defined in section 3794.01(A) of the Ohio Revised Code, is permitted.
(Ord. 2019-4-7. Passed 6-11-19.)