The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as follows.
(A) “Building” is any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
(B) “Electronic smoking device” means an electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or any other substance, including, without limitation, any component, part or accessory of such device, whether or not sold separately. “Electronic smoking device” includes, without limitation, any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed or sold as an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe, an electronic hookah, vape pen, or any other product name or descriptor.
(C) “Reasonable distance” means a distance that ensures that occupants of an area are not exposed to secondhand smoke created by smokers outside the area. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this distance shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet.
(D) “Secondhand smoke” means the smoke created by burning or carrying any lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, and the smoke exhaled by an individual who engages in smoking. Secondhand aerosol emitted from electronic smoking devices shall be considered secondhand smoke for purposes of this chapter.
(E) “Smoke” or “smoking” means and includes any of the following:
(1) The direct lighting, burning, or indirect heating of any cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, hookah, or any similar kind of smoking equipment or article, using any form of tobacco plant product, cannabis, or other combustible substance in any form; or
(2) Possessing a lighted tobacco plant product, cannabis, or other combustible substance in any form (including within, but not limited to, a cigar, cigarette, or pipe) or using or operating an electronic smoking device; or
(3) Emitting or exhaling the smoke directly from a cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, hookah, or any other lighted smoking equipment or device.
“Smoke” also means the gaseous or vaporous products or particles created by the use of a lighted or operated pipe, cigar, cigarette, electronic smoking device or other kind of smoking equipment or article.
(F) “Vehicle” is a device by which any person or property may be carried or conveyed upon a highway or city street, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, busses and heavy equipment.
(`78 Code, § 8.02.020.) (Ord. 3365 § 1 (part), 2023; Ord. 3244 § 11-14, 2016; Ord. 3244 § 11-14, 2016; Ord. 1975 § 1 (part), 1990.)