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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ORDINANCE NO. 080910
Amending Chapter 34, Code of
Ordinances, Article XII, Smoking prohibited in enclosed places of employment
and public places and public sidewalks abutting acute care hospitals, by
enacting a new subsection (d) to Section 34-475, Where smoking is not regulated,
that adds retail tobacco shops to the list of places where smoking is not
regulated.
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 34, Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by enacting a new subsection
(d) to Section 34-475, Where smoking is not regulated, for the purpose of
adding retail tobacco shops to the list of places where smoking is not regulated,
to read as follows:
Sec. 34-475. Where smoking is
not regulated.
(d) Business establishment where more than eighty percent (80%)
of the volume of trade or business carried on is that of the blending of
tobaccos, or the sale of tobaccos, pipes, cigars or smokers' sundries and
smoking-related paraphernalia, provided that: 1) the establishment is the sole
occupant of a building that stands alone from other buildings or 2) has separate
heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment that vents or exchanges air
outside of the building or structure in which the business establishment is
situated which prevents the mixing of air from the establishment with air
from the other portions of the premises where smoking is prohibited under the
provisions of this Article and 3) does not allow
those under the age of 18 years old into the areas where the possession of
lighted smoking materials occurs. This subsection shall not apply to a
business that sells or serves foods or alcoholic beverages.
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Approved as to form and legality:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Assistant City Attorney