19880426 1988-8ORDINANCE NO. ] 988-8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11-26 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF FAIRFAX AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 11-
26.1 PROHIBITING SMOKING IN CITY FACILITIES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, that Section 11-26 is hereby amended and a
new Section 11-26.1 is hereby added as follows:
Section 11-26. Exceptions
The prohibitions of Sec. 11-25 ~s &~%&e~e shall not
apply to the following:
(a) Lawfully designated smoking areas;
(b) Areas of enclosed shopping centers or malls that
are external to the retail stores and are used by customers
as a route of travel from one store to another, and that
consist primarily of walkways and places to be seated;
(c) Area of a theater commonly referred to as a lobby
if physically separated from the spectator area;
(d) Offices or work areas not entered by the public in
the normal course of business or use of the premises;
(e) A business or institution during the hours in which
it is not open to the public;
(f) Tobacco shop or store in which the primary items
for sale are tobacco and smoking implements;
(g) The in-patient sleeping quarters of any health care
facility, except hospitals. Each such facility shall make a
reasonable effort to assign patients to sleeping rooms
according to the patient's individual non-smoking or smoking
preference;
(h) The sleeping quarters of non-ambulatory hospital
patients, when the physician writes an order in the patient's
record allowing that patient to smoke.
Section 11-26.] Smoking Prohibited in City Facilities.
In order to provide a smoke free environment to protect
the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and employees
of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, there shall be no smoking
in any facility owned or leased by the City of Fairfax,
Virginia that is under the control of the City Manager and
that is used for any public purpose. The exceptions set
forth in Sec. 1 1-26 shall not apply to this section;
provided, that the City Manager shall designate smoking areas
in accordance with Sec. 11-27 where appropriate.
This ordinance shall become effective October 26, 1988.
INTRODUCED :
PUBLIC HEARING :
ADOPTED :
ATTEST:
April 12, 1988
April 26, 1988
April 26, 1988
~ity Clerk