(a) HOOKAH. A type of water pipe used to smoke tobacco or other legal non-tobacco substances, in which air is heated by charcoal or burning embers and passed through the tobacco or other substance to form smoke, and the smoke then passes through a water-filled chamber where it is filtered and cooled, and then inhaled through a tube and mouthpiece by one or more users during a smoking session which may last from forty five (45) to sixty (60) minutes or longer. At the end of a smoking session, the dirty water is discarded and the water chamber is refilled for the next user(s). The term "hookah" may also be referred to as a water pipe, narghile, argileh, goza, or hubble bubble.
(b) HOOKAH BAR. A smoking establishment whose business operation, whether as its primary use or as an ancillary use, is devoted to the on-premises use of hookahs. The term "hookah bar" includes but is not limited to establishments variously known as hookah parlors, hookah cafes, and hookah lounges.
(c) RETAIL TOBACCO STORE. A retail establishment that derives more than eighty (80) percent of its gross revenue from the sale of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or other smoking devices for burning tobacco and related smoking accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental. "Retail tobacco store" does not include a tobacco department, or section of a larger commercial establishment, or of any establishment with a liquor permit, or of any restaurant. In the event of a conflict between this definition and the definition of "retail tobacco store" provided in Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.) Chapter 3794: Smoking Ban, the O.R.C. definition shall prevail.
(d) SMOKING ESTABLISHMENT. An establishment in which tobacco products are sold for use or consumption on the premises to persons age eighteen (18) and older as provided by state law. The term "smoking establishment" includes but is not limited to establishments referred to as smoking, cigar, or tobacco bars or lounges, but for the purposes of this Chapter shall not include hookah bars.
(Ord. 16-19. Passed 7-18-16.)