(A) SMOKING, as defined below, and the use of smokeless tobacco products is hereby prohibited in any areas of Central Park, including, but not limited to, its indoor and outdoor facilities, grounds and parking lots.
(1) No person found to be smoking or using smokeless tobacco products in Central Park shall fail to immediately cease said activity when requested to do so by city staff, a law enforcement officer or a person charged with the management, operation or care of Central Park.
(2) Should a person found to be smoking or using smokeless tobacco products in Central Park not immediately cease said activity when requested to do so, as described in division (A)(1) of this section, he or she shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(3) Persons who repeatedly violate this section, may be permanently banned from Central Park.
(4) Lack of intent to violate this section shall not be a defense to a violation.
(B) At least one sign informing the public of the ban shall be placed at each entrance to Central Park and notification of the prohibition shall be included in appropriate forms, documents and other materials provided to residents and others when reserving Central Park facilities and grounds.
(C) SMOKING is defined to mean inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying, the act of lighting, or carrying any lighted or smoldering cigar, cigarette, or pipe of any kind, or other lighted smoking device for burning tobacco or any other plant, or the lighting, activating, emitting or exhaling the smoke or vapor of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette, or electronic cigarette.
(Prior Code, § 660.1355) (Ord. 2016-12, passed 10-11-2016)