Glendale City Code § 25-50 Title.
Sec. 25-50. - Title.
This article shall be known as the "Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance."
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
SMOKING POLLUTION CONTROL
Glendale City Code ch. 25, art. IV
in effectGlendale City Code § 25-51 Findings of fact; purpose.
Sec. 25-51. - Findings of fact; purpose.
The smoking of tobacco and other weeds or plants is a health danger to those persons exposed to the smoke and is a source of annoyance and discomfort to those who are present in confined areas where such smoke is present. For these reasons, the purpose of this article is to regulate smoking in enclosed public places and in places of employment.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-52 Definitions.
Sec. 25-52. - Definitions.
In this article, unless otherwise expressly provided or as required by the context:
Bar means an area devoted primarily to the serving of alcoholic beverages, to which food service is only incidental.
Designated smoking area means any area within an enclosed public place where smoking is specifically permitted. No designated smoking area shall exceed in area and size any nonsmoking area within the enclosed public place and any designated smoking area must be so situated as to allow nonsmoking individuals to conduct normal activity in a reasonably smoke-free environment.
Employee means any person who is employed by any employer for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit.
Employer means any person or entity employing the services of at least one person.
Enclosed public place means any area enclosed by a roof and walls with one or more openings for ingress and egress, which is available to and customarily used by the public. Enclosed public places governed by this article shall include, but shall not be limited to, public areas such as elevators, waiting rooms, reception areas, lobbies, restrooms, restaurants, retail stores, retail service establishments, grocery stores, convenience markets, drug stores, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, public and private schools, offices of health care professionals, pharmacies, indoor sports facilities and their lobbies, public transportation vehicles and terminals, airport service lines, airport waiting lounges, taxicabs or other means of public transit, community centers, child care centers, public or common areas of hotels and motels, financial institutions, all indoor facilities and any public places already regulated by Arizona Revised Statutes, section 36-601.01. A private residence is not an enclosed public place.
Place of employment means any enclosed area under the control of a private or public employer, which is intended for occupancy by employees during the course of employment, including, but not limited to, work areas, offices, employee lounges, conference and meeting rooms, employee cafeterias and lunchrooms, classrooms, auditoriums, hallways, stairways, waiting areas and restrooms. A private residence is not a place of employment.
To smoke or smoking means burning or carrying any lighted cigarette, cigar, tobacco or any other weed or plant or placing any burning tobacco, weed or plant in an ashtray or other receptacle and allowing smoke to diffuse into the air.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-53 Regulation of smoking in city-owned enclosed public places.
Sec. 25-53. - Regulation of smoking in city-owned enclosed public places.
All enclosed public places owned, controlled, occupied or managed by the City of Glendale shall be subject to this article.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-54 Regulation of smoking in enclosed public places.
Sec. 25-54. - Regulation of smoking in enclosed public places.
(a) Smoking is prohibited in restrooms, public buses, the public areas of grocery stores, convenience markets, drug stores, pharmacies, and in waiting or checkout line areas within other enclosed public places.
(b) Smoking is prohibited in all other enclosed public places, except in a designated smoking area.
(c) The provisions of this article shall not be construed to limit the ability of the owner, operator or manager of an enclosed public place to declare the whole or any portion of that enclosed public place to be smoke free.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-55 Smoking optional areas.
Sec. 25-55. - Smoking optional areas.
Other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this article:
(1) Private residences.
(2) Bars, pool or billiard rooms and bowling centers.
(3) Hotel and motel rooms rented to guests.
(4) Retail stores that deal exclusively in the sale of tobacco products and smoking paraphernalia.
(5) On-stage smoking as a part of a stage production, ballet or similar exhibition.
(6) Hotel and motel conference or meeting rooms, and all other public and private conference or meeting rooms, while these places are being used exclusively for private functions.
(7) A private residence which serves as a place of employment.
(8) Private clubs and private recreation facilities.
(9) Public areas of restaurants that conspicuously post a notice outside each public entrance that the restaurant does not provide nonsmoking areas in accordance with this article.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-56 Regulation of smoking in places of employment.
Sec. 25-56. - Regulation of smoking in places of employment.
(a) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this article, each employer in each place of employment within the city shall adopt, implement and maintain a written smoking policy containing at a minimum the following provisions and requirements:
(1) Prohibition of smoking in employer conference and meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums, restrooms, waiting areas, medical facilities, hallways, stairways and elevators.
(2) Provision and maintenance of a separate nonsmoking area of not less than one-half of the seating capacity and floor space in cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee lounges.
(b) Any employee may object to his or her employer about smoke in his or her work area. The policy required by the preceding subsection shall include a definition of work area. Using already available means of ventilation, separation or partition of office space, the employer shall attempt to reach a reasonable accommodation of the preference of both smoking and nonsmoking employees. An employer is not required by this provision, however, to make any expenditures or structural changes to the place of employment.
(c) If no reasonable accommodation satisfactory to all affected nonsmoking employees can be reached in a given work area, the preference of the nonsmoking employee shall prevail and the employer shall prohibit smoking in that work area. Where the employer prohibits smoking in a work area, it shall clearly mark that area with appropriate "no smoking" signs and, upon request, shall provide signs to employees for use in designating their areas.
(d) The employer shall announce its policies regarding smoking as required by this section within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this article. The policies shall be announced to all the employer's employees in the city and the employer shall post its written policies conspicuously in any place of employment under the employer's jurisdiction in the city.
(e) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent or limit an employer's right to designate any place of employment, or a portion thereof, as a nonsmoking area.
(f) No employee shall be terminated or subject to disciplinary action solely as a result of his or her complaint about smoking or nonsmoking in his or her place of employment.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-57 Posting and compliance monitoring.
Sec. 25-57. - Posting and compliance monitoring.
(a) Any person or employer who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to this article has the responsibility to properly:
(1) Designate required "no smoking" areas.
(2) Post signs as required by this section or elsewhere in this article.
(b) "Smoking" or "no smoking" signs, as appropriate, or the international "no smoking" symbol (consisting of a picture of a burning cigarette inside a red circle with a red bar diagonally across it) shall be clearly and conspicuously posted by the owner, operator, manager, employer or other person in control in every place where smoking is controlled by this article.
(c) Any owner, manager, operator or employee of any establishment to which this article applies shall, upon either observing or being advised of a violation of section 25-54, have the obligation to inform the violator of the requirements of this article and request immediate compliance.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
Glendale City Code § 25-58 Penalties and enforcement.
Sec. 25-58. - Penalties and enforcement.
(a) A violation of any provision of this article is a petty offense. An individual convicted of a violation of this article may be punished by a sentence to pay an amount, fixed by the court, of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). The court shall, in all instances, impose a mandatory minimum fine of ten dollars ($10.00) on an individual so convicted. An enterprise, as defined by Arizona Revised Statutes, section 13-105, convicted of a violation of this article may be punished by a sentence to pay an amount, fixed by the court, of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The court shall, in all instances, impose a mandatory minimum fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) upon an enterprise so convicted.
(b) Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense and may be charged accordingly. In the event that two (2) or more violations are consolidated for trial, a person or enterprise convicted of two (2) or more offenses may be fined separately for each, up to the maximum permissible under the preceding subsection. The mandatory amounts required by the preceding subsection, however, shall be no more than twice the mandatory minimum in the aggregate.
(Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 3-10-87)
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