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ORDINANCE NO. 1572
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA At4ENDING
SECTIONS 20 .45, 20. 46 AND 20 .47 OF CHAPTER 20 OF �
THE CHULA VISTA CITY CODE, ALL RELATING TO THE
PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE
CITY
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain
as follows :
SECTION I : That Sections 20. 45 , 20 . 46 and 20 .47 of
Chapter 20 of the Chula Vista City Code be, and the same are
hereby amended to read as follows :
Sec. 20 .45 . Smoking Prohibited in Certain Public
Areas or Conveyances . '�
A. Purpose and Intent. Because smoking of tobacco
is a positive danger to health and a cause of material
annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort to those who
are present in closely confined places , and in order
to serve public health, safety and welfare , it is,
therefore, the purpose of the Council by this ordi-
nance to prohibit the smoking of tobacco or any other
weed or plant in certain specified public areas with-
in the City of Chula Vista.
B, Smoking Prohibited - Public Areas or Convey- �
ances. It shall be and it is hereby declared to be �
unlacaful for any person to smoke any pipe , cigar or
cigarette or any other device or applicance for
smoking tobacco, or any other weed or plant in any
theatre, public bus , which is engaged in the service
of transporting passengers within the City, or ele-
vator. Further, the City Council may, from time to
. time by resolution, designate areas within buildings
owned by the City of Chula Vista as areas within
which smoking is prohibited.
Sec . 20 .46 . Posting of "PIo Smoking" Areas .
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It shall be the duty and responsibility of those
persons having control over the areas listed in
Section 20. 45 wherein smoking is prohibited to post
or cause to be posted each area as a "No Smoking"
area. This shall be done by placing a sign or signs
stating "NO Smoking" in a conspicuous place or con-
spicuous places within each "No Smoking" area or by
causing such sign or signs to be so placed, and by
maintaining such sign or signs or causing them to
be maintained. No provision of this chapter shall
be enforced against an alleged violation thereof
unless a "No Smoking" sign sufficiently�legible�to
be seen by an ordinary observant person has been
posted and is in place at the time of the alleged
violation.
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Sec. 20 . 47 . Violations; An Infraction.
Any person who violates Section 20 . 45 of this Code
is guilty of an infraction and upon conviction there-
of shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $10
nor more than $100 .
SECTION II; This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force on the thirty-first day from and after its passage.
Presented and Approved as to Form by
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George �� Lindberg, City Atto y
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this lst day of October , 1974 , bY
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hyde, Egdahl, Scott, Hobel, Hamilton
NAYES: Councilmen Nane
ABSENT: Councilmen None
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Mayor of the City of Chula Vista
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/jr" City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUPdTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss .
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I , , City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full,
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. , and that the same has
not been amended or repealed. DATED
City Clerk
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