File #: 23-023-O    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Withdrawn
File created: 8/3/2023 In control: Personnel
On agenda: 8/14/2023 Final action: 8/17/2023
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 28-64, OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE TO CLARIFY THAT SMOKING ANY PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE OR CHEWING TOBACCO IS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN LOCATION.
Sponsors: Azrin Awal, Mike Mayou
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 28-64, OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE TO CLARIFY THAT SMOKING ANY PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE OR CHEWING TOBACCO IS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN LOCATION.

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BY COUNCILOR AWAL AND COUNCILOR MAYOU:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Chapter 28, Article VII, Section 28-64, of the Duluth City Code be amended as follows:
Sec. 28-64. Ingesting a prohibited substance--prohibited in certain places.
(a) No person shall ingest by smoking any prohibited substance or chewing tobacco any prohibited substance at or in any of the following locations:
(1) Anywhere smoking is prohibited by the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act;
(2) Inside any Duluth Transit Authority transit shelter;
(3) Within 15 feet from the nearest point of any Duluth Transit Authority transit shelter which displays at least two signs visible from the exterior of the shelter providing notice of this prohibition, said 15 feet measured in a straight line of constant elevation;
(4) Anywhere in Wade Stadium that is open to the public except in areas designated for such consumption;
(5) Within 100 feet of the nearest property line of a medical facility, said 100 feet measured in a straight line of constant elevation; provided that this prohibition does not apply to a person inside an enclosed motor vehicle in motion on a public street or alley;
(6) On the Lakewalk, on Gichi-Ode' Akiing (Lake Place) or in Leif Erickson Park;
(7) Within the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial except as permitted by Minnesota Statues ?144.4167, Subdivision 2;
(8) Within the indoor area of any establishment with a retail tobacco license, including smoking for the purpose of sampling prohibited substances;
(9) In Central Hillside Park;
(b) Any person violating this Section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor or may be penalized under Chapter 12 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended;
(c) Signage to enforce the provisions of this ordinance shall be approved by ...

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