(a) Council hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the residents of the City and further that it will promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City to prohibit the use of any and all tobacco or nicotine products on all City parks.
(b) For the purpose of this section, the term “tobacco or nicotine or products” shall include any manufactured product containing tobacco or nicotine, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, bidis, snus, dissolvable tobacco products, and all electronic cigarette cartridges and products made for delivering nicotine through vaporization or other method.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term “City Parks” shall include all parks, green spaces, and nature centers owned or leased to the City of North College Hill.
(d) Any person in violation of this section shall receive a warning for the first time violation. Thereafter, any individual in violation of this section shall be subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation.
(Ord. 33-2017. Passed 12-4-17.)