The following words shall apply to this chapter:
(a) “City” means the City of La Mirada.
(b) “City facility” means any building, structure, facility, or portion thereof including any balcony, courtyard, deck, parking lot, parking garage, patio, or walkway, which is owned, maintained, or operated by or leased for more than occasional use to the City of La Mirada.
(c) “City workplace” means any area of a place of employment enclosed by floor-to-floor ceilings, walls or a vehicle which is owned, maintained, operated, or leased by the City of La Mirada, in which city employees are assigned to perform work.
(d) “Electronic smoking device” or “vaporizer” means any e-cigarette, or any other electronic or battery operated device or similar device manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold for the purpose of ingesting, inhaling, or exhaling vapors from any substance, with or without nicotine.
(e) “Public recreational area” means any unenclosed space used for recreational activities or special events, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, sports fields, bleachers, swimming pools, trails, campsites, and walking paths owned, maintained, or operated by the city and to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted.
(f) “Smoking” means to hold, possess, use or control any lighted, burning, or operating cigarette, cigar, electronic smoking device, hookah, pipe, plant, or vaporizer containing tobacco or marijuana or other liquids and combustible substance in any manner or in any form for the purpose of inhaling or exhaling smoke or vapors.
(Ord. 695 § 3, 2017).