HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE No. 20-06-423 - 06/01/2020 - Prohibit the use of Vaping Products in City ParksSTATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE NO. 20-06-423
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS ON
CITY PROPERTY AND DELETE DUPLICATE ORDINANCES RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS
The Council of the City of Milton hereby ordains, while in regularly called Council
meeting on the 1st day of June, 2020 at 6:00 p .m., as follows:
WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 1.12 of the City Charter, the City is authorized to
control its property and regulate practices detrimental to the health and safety
of the public; and,
WHEREAS , the City Council has determined that it is in the public interest to
regulate the use of tobacco products, and vapor products on City property; and,
WHEREAS , the City Council has separately determined that certain ordinance
language relating to special events in City parks is duplicative of language
elsewhere in the Milton Code, and desires to delete the duplicative text;
NOW THEREFORE:
1. Chapter 34, Article 2, Section 32-22, Subsection (n) of The Code of
Ordinances of the City of Milton, Georgia, is hereby deleted and replaced
with the text show in the attached Exhibit B.
2. Chapter 34, Article 3 of The Code of Ordinances of the City of Milton,
Georgia, is hereby deleted .
ORDAINED this 1st day of June , 2020 .
~moved: dOcuSigned by :
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Joe Lockwood, Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
Section 32 -113 Prohibition on the use of tobacco products or vapor products on
City-owned property.
(a) Definitions -The following words as used in this section shall have the
following prescribed meanings :
1) Tobacco product is defined as cigars , cigarettes, little
cigars , loose tobacco , smokeless tobacco (chewing
tobacco and dry and moist snuff, including snus), or
any other product derived from tobacco or any of its
derivates .
2) Use is defined as inhaling , exha ling , burning or carrying
a lighted combustible product, producing vapor from a
vapor product, chewing, sniffing, ingesting or otherwise
consuming a product.
3) Vapor product is defined as any noncombustible
product that employs a heating element, power
source , electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical,
or mechanica l means , regard less of shape or size that
can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any
other substance intended for inhalation, in a solution or
any other form . It includes any e lectronic cigarette,
electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo , electronic pipe, or
similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or
other container of a solution or other form that is
intended to be used with or in an electronic device.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any tobacco product or
vapor product on any City-owned property, other than in designated
areas , if any.
(c) Any person who is convicted of violating this section shall be punished
in a manner consistent with general penalty section 1-5 of the City
Code of Ordinances .
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EXHIBIT B
Section 34-22. -Prohibited Acts
(n) Use of Tobacco Products and Vapor Products. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use any tobacco product or vapor product (each as defined in
Chapter 32, Article 2, Division 5, Section 32-113 of the Milton Code) in any
municipal public park, other than in designated areas, if any.
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