Whoever, by reason of careless, wilful, or wanton conduct in smoking or in the use of lighters or matches for smoking, shall set fire to any bedding, carpet, curtains, drapes, furniture, household equipment or other goods or chattels or to any building shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 452, 4-4-1955)
The term "careless conduct in smoking" shall include as used herein, any of the following acts, commission or omission: permitting a spark or sparks from a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe to fall upon or into anything inflammable; placing any lighted smoking material on or about or in close proximity to any flammable article or articles; falling asleep with lighted smoking material of any kind at hand; throwing lighted smoking material out of a window or into an elevator pit or elsewhere than in a proper receptacle therefor; dropping a lighted cigarette or cigar or part thereof into a mail chute in any building; failure to extinguish the fire of a match or any kind of lighter device after use of the same; failure to destroy the lighted part of a cigar or cigarette when disposing of it; failure to destroy the burning smidgen or smidgens of tobacco from a pipe when cleaning or unloading a pipe. (Ord. 452, 4-4-1955)
A plainly printed notice of the provisions of this chapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every sleeping room of every hotel, rooming house, tourist home, tourist court, or other place renting rooms for the accommodation of the public. Such notice shall be posted by the owner, proprietor, lessee or managing agent of such establishment. (Ord. 452, 4-4-1955)