(a) Prohibitions; Exceptions. No person shall smoke in any retail store designed and arranged to accommodate more than 100 persons and in which combustible merchandise is sold or offered or exposed for sale, or in any retail store, building or section of a building in which the Fire Department or its authorized representative, by written order to the owner, occupant, firm or corporation having control or management thereof, finds that smoking therein is dangerous to life or property. However, smoking may be permitted in smoking rooms, restrooms, executive offices, restaurants, beauty parlors and barbershops therein, and in areas specifically designated by the Department or its representative by written order to the owner, occupant, firm or corporation having control or management thereof finding that smoking therein is not dangerous to life or property. (1979 Code Sec. 8.48.010)
(b) Use of Fire Producing Devices. The use of any spark, flame, match or fire producing device for purposes of demonstration is prohibited in any retail store, building or section of a building referred to in subsection (a) hereof unless written authorization therefor is given by the Department or its representative that the use of such device therein is not dangerous to life or property.
(1979 Code Sec. 8.48.020)
(c) Signs. The owner, occupant, firm or corporation having control or management of any such retail store, building or section of a building referred to in subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall post in conspicuous places notices by sign, or otherwise, reading "SMOKING PROHIBITED BY ORDER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT." (1979 Code Sec. 8.48.030)