a. No employer, business, nonprofit entity or landlord shall knowingly or intentionally permit smoking in an area which is under their control and in which smoking is prohibited. No person shall be found in violation of this subsection unless they have first been issued a written notice of violation by the City within the prior year.

b. No owner, operator, manager or other person having control of an area shall place or permit the presence or placement of ash receptacles, such as, without limitation, ash trays or ash cans, within an area which is under their control and in which smoking is prohibited by this section.

c. Nothing in this section prohibits a person in control of an area in which smoking would otherwise be permitted from declaring that area as a nonsmoking area. (Ord. #233-2019, S2)