(A) This section is enacted pursuant to G.S. §§ 130A-498 and 160A-174(a).
(B) Smoking and the use of tobacco products are prohibited on the grounds of any town-owned park, parks and recreation facility or town-owned playground. For the purposes of this section SMOKING is defined as the use or possession of a lighted cigarette, lighted cigar, lighted pipe or any other lighted tobacco product.
(C) The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or “vaping” is likewise prohibited on the grounds of any town-owned park, parks and recreation facility or town-owned playground.
(D) The prohibitions listed in divisions (B) and (C) above become effective upon the posting of conspicuous signage that meets the following criteria:
(1) States “No Smoking” and/or “Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited” and includes the universal “No Smoking” symbol;
(2) Be of sufficient size to be clearly legible to a person of normal vision; and
(3) Be posted on the grounds of parks, recreation facility or playground in locations and intervals reasonably calculated to inform employees and the public of the prohibition.
(Ord. passed 8-21-2017) Penalty, see § 130.99