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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA PROHIBITING SMOKING IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS DURING ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
hereby finds and declares that the orderly conduct of business
of the City Council of the.City of Costa Mesa, the comfort and
health of those persons of the community attending Council meet-
ings, the efficiency of the staff and of the Council require that
smoking be prohibited in the City Council Chambers during any
public meetings.
The City Council further finds and declares that the
health, safety and welfare of the community require regulation
of smoking in .the City Council Chambers during any and all public
meetings.
Accordingly, there is herewith added to Title 2, Chapter
III, §2-86 and §2-87 which are as follows:
SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS
A. As used in this ordinance the term "smoking" shall
mean the use of tobacco in the form of cigarettes, cigars, pipes
or in any form which includes the process of combustion or burning
leaving a smoke residue in the air.
B. As used in this ordinance the term "Council Chambers"
shall mean that portion of the City Hall designated as the Council
Chambers generally usually occupied by the City Council. Council
Chambers shall not include the conference room immediately
adjoining the City Council Chambers or the hallway giving access
to the Coucnil Chambers on the south and to the conference room.
52-86 SMOKING PROHIBITED
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Smoking as defined in this Ordinance shall be prohibited
in the City Council Chambers as the same is defined :herein:
during any meeting open to the public, whether or not the
public is in attendance.
§2-87 PENALTY
Violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor
and shall.be punished in accordance with the provisions set out
in §1-33 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effecty thirty (30) days from and after its passage,
and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage,
shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a news-
paper of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3AA4 day of ,
1975.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 75-49 was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 16th day of September, 1975, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 3rd day of November, 1975, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members: Hammett, Wilson, Hertzog
NOES: Council Members: Pinkley, Raciti
ABSENT: Council Members: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereby set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of November, 1975.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerlfof the
City Council of the City of C to Mesa
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