(A) Definition. SMOKING shall mean and include the carrying of lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco in any form.
(B) Chief to designate areas where smoking shall be prohibited. Where conditions are such as to make smoking a hazard in any areas of piers, wharves, warehouses, stores, industrial plants, institutions, places of assembly and in open spaces where combustible materials are stored or handled, the Chief of the Fire Department is empowered and authorized to order the owner or occupant in writing to post “no smoking” signs in each building, structure, room or place in which smoking may be prohibited. The Chief of the Fire Department shall designate specific safe locations, if necessary, in any building, structure or place in which smoking may be permitted.
(C) “No smoking” signs. “No smoking” signs of approved sized lettering and location required in accordance with subsection (B) above shall read “By Order of the Fire Chief.” It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any legally required “no smoking” sign or to smoke in any place where such signs are posted.
(2000 Code, § 93.64) Penalty, see § 93.999