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ORDINANCE NO. ~
(Series of 1979)
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING PROHIBITIONS AGAINST
SMOKING IN CERTAIN PUBLIC AREAS AND PLACES
WHEREAS, the General Assembly, with adoption of S.~. 137,
did authorize local municipal governments to regulate smoking
by the adoption of local regulations pertaining thereto, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt such regulations
and simultaneously provide for certain penalties so as to make
them effective,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1. Legislative Declaration.
The City Council hereby declares that the smoking of
tobacco or any other plant or weed under certain conditions
is a matter of public concern and that in order to protect
the public health, safety, and welfare it is necessary to
control such smoking in certain public places.
Section 2. Definitions.
(a) "Public meeting" means any meeting required to be
open to the public pursuant to Part 4 of Article 6 of Title 24,
C.R.S. 1973, or Article 9 of Title 29, C.R.S. 1973.
(b) "Public place" means any enclosed, indoor area or
conveyance owned by the City of Aspen and occupied or used
by the general public.
(c) "Smoking" means the carrying of a lighted pipe,
lighted cigar, or lighted cigarette of any kind and includes
lighting of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind.
Section 3. Smoking Prohibited.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, smoking is
prohibited in all public places.
(b) Smoking is prohibited in all public meetings.
(c) The City Manager is authorized to post, at his
discretion, signs authorizing or permitting smoking
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Section 4. Penalties.
Any person who violates any provision of this regulation
shall be, for each offense, punished by a fine not less than
Five ($5.00) Dollars nor greater than One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars. Each day of any violation of this regulation shall
constitute a separate offense.
Section 5. Severability.
If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without Se invalid
provision or application, and to this end Se provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 6. Public hearing.
A p~lic hearing on the ordinance shall be held on
~ /~ , 1979, at 5:00 P.M. in
the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by
law by the City Council of Se City of Aspen, Colorado, at its
regular meeting held at the City of Aspen on the c~ day of
ATTEST:
~athryn S~/~och ~
City Cler~
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on the day of
ATTE S T:
S't~cy~%andley III
May°r/ ~
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced, read in full, and passed on ~
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Aspen on ~~~ ~ , 1979,__ and published
in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul-
ation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its
issue of ~ / 197~ and was finally
and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
~/~/~-/~ , 197._~, and ordered published as
Ordinance No. ~ , Series of 197~, of said City, as
provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado,
day of ~ , 19'~ .__
set my hand anrJ
this __~!~2~
SEAL