Chapter 8.32
SMOKING, TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA USE CONTROL
Sections:
8.32.010 Smoking, tobacco and marijuana use prohibited.
8.32.100 Inspection and citation.
8.32.010 Smoking, tobacco and marijuana use prohibited.
(1) Smoking, tobacco and marijuana use are prohibited within all city parks, on any posted city-owned property, in any city-owned building, and at any city-sponsored event.
(2) Prohibited products include, but are not limited to, bidis, cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, clove cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine vaporizers, nicotine liquids, hookahs, kreteks, pipes, chew, snuff, smokeless tobacco, and marijuana, including edibles.
(3) “SMOKE-FREE/TOBACCO-FREE” signs or signs with the international “no smoking” symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across the cigarette) shall be clearly, sufficiently, and conspicuously posted in every public place where smoking and tobacco use is prohibited by this section. (Ord. 3188 § 2, 2015)
8.32.100 Inspection and citation.
The following are listed “enforcement officers” and are hereby specifically authorized by law to make such investigations and inspections as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to issue violation citations to individuals or entities to appear in the St. Helens municipal court:
(1) Any city police officer, city code enforcement officer, city building official, city planning administrator, city administrator, city engineering manager, or supervisory employee of the city public works/parks department and such other employees of the city of St. Helens as are specifically identified in an order or resolution of the city council. (Ord. 3188 § 2, 2015)
8.32.200 Penalties.
Violation of SHMC 8.32.010 is a class B violation. (Ord. 3188 § 2, 2015)