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It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee thereof, knowingly to make any material misrepresentation to any officer, employee or agency of the city government in any official application to, or official dealing or negotiation with, such officer or agency; or to commit perjury before any tribunal or officer of the city. (1989 Code § 10-608)
It is unlawful for any person knowingly or wilfully to:
A. Resist, oppose or obstruct the chief of police, any other police officer, the municipal judge, or any other officer or employee of the city in the discharge of his official duties;
B. Threaten or otherwise intimidate or attempt to intimidate any such officer or employee from the discharge of his official duties; or
C. Assault or beat, or revile, abuse, be disrespectful to, use abusive or indecent language toward or about, any such officer or employee while such officer or employee is in the discharge of his official duties. (1989 Code § 10-610)
A. The possession of lighted tobacco in any form is a public nuisance and dangerous to public health and is hereby prohibited when such possession is in any indoor place used by or open to the public, in any enclosed indoor area where individuals other than employees are invited or permitted, in any indoor workplace, within fifteen feet (15') of any entrance, exit or air intake of any such places, or in any vehicle providing public transportation, except where specifically allowed by law.
B. As used in this article, "indoor workplace" means any indoor place of employment or employment type service for or at the request of another individual or individuals, or any public or private entity, whether part time or full time and whether for compensation or not. Such services shall include, without limitation, any services performed by an owner, employee, independent contractor, agent, partner, proprietor, manager, officer, director, apprentice, trainee, associate, servant or volunteer. An indoor workplace includes work areas, employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, classrooms, employee cafeterias, hallways, any other spaces used or visited by employees, and all space between a floor and ceiling that is predominantly or totally enclosed by walls or windows, regardless of doors, doorways, open or closed windows, stairways, or the like. The provisions of this article shall apply to such indoor workplace at any given time, whether or not work is being performed.
C. An employer not otherwise restricted from doing so may elect to provide smoking rooms where no work is performed except for cleaning and maintenance during the time the room is not in use for smoking, provided each smoking room is fully enclosed, exhausted directly to the outside with no air from the smoking place circulated to any nonsmoking area, under negative air pressure so that no smoke can drift or circulate into a nonsmoking area when a door to an adjacent nonsmoking area is opened, and the air from the smoking space is not exhausted within fifteen feet (15') of any entrance, exit or air intake. (Ord. 727, 1-20-2004)
A. Smoking is permitted in the following space if: 1) the smoking space occupies the entire building or 2) if the smoking space shares space in the building with any indoor public places or indoor workplaces in which smoking is prohibited, is fully enclosed, exhausted directly to the outside with no air from the smoking space circulated to any nonsmoking area within the building, and under negative air pressure so that no smoke can drift or circulate into a nonsmoking area within the building when a door to an adjacent nonsmoking area is opened, and the air from the smoking space is not exhausted within fifteen feet (15') of any entrance, exit or air intake:
1. The room or rooms where licensed charitable bingo games are being operated, but only during the hours of operation of such games;
2. Up to twenty five percent (25%) of guestrooms at a hotel or other lodging establishment;
3. Retail tobacco stores predominantly engaged in the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental and in which no food or beverage is sold or served for consumption on the premises;
4. Workplaces where only the owner or operator of the workplace, or the immediate family of the owner or operator, performs any work in the workplace, and the workplace has only incidental public access. "Incidental public access" means that a place of business has only an occasional person, who is not an employee, present at the business to transact business or make a delivery. It does not include businesses that depend on walk in customers for any part of their business;
5. Workplaces occupied exclusively by one or more smokers, if the workplace has only incidental public access;
6. Private offices occupied exclusively by one or more smokers;
7. Workplaces within private residences, except that smoking shall not be allowed inside any private residence that is used as a licensed childcare facility during hours of operation;
8. Medical research or treatment centers, if smoking is integral to the research or treatment;
9. A facility operated by a post or organization of past or present members of the armed forces of the United States which is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC, section 501(c)(19), when such a facility is utilized exclusively by its members and their families and for the conduct of post or organization nonprofit operations except during an event or activity which is open to the public;
10. Any outdoor seating area of a restaurant; provided, smoking shall not be allowed within fifteen feet (15') of any exterior public doorway or any air intake of the restaurant;
11. A stand alone bar, stand alone tavern, or cigar bar that: a) derives more than sixty percent (60%) of its gross receipts, subject to verification by competent authority, from the sale of alcoholic beverages and low point beer, b) admits no person under twenty one (21) years of age except for members of a musical band employed or hired as provided in paragraph 2 of subsection B of section 537 of title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes and c) is not located within, and does not share any common entryway or common indoor area with, any other enclosed indoor workplace, including a restaurant; and
12. Until March 1, 2006, restaurants (any eating establishment regardless of seating capacity) may have designated smoking areas or may be designated as being a totally nonsmoking area. Beginning March 1, 2006, restaurants shall be totally nonsmoking or may provide nonsmoking areas and designated smoking rooms. Food and beverage may be served in such designated smoking rooms, which shall be in a location that is fully enclosed, directly exhausted to the outside, under negative air pressure so smoke cannot escape when a door is opened, and no air is recirculated to nonsmoking areas of the building. No exhaust from such room shall be located within twenty five feet (25') of any entrance, exit or air intake. Such room shall be subject to verification for compliance with the provisions of this subsection A12 by the state department of health. (Ord. 727, 1-20-2004)
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