SMOKING ORDINANCE :: ORDINANCE REVISION SUMMARY

• Eliminates “designated smoking areas” in restaurants and in combination restaurants and bars.
• Eliminates smoking in a bar, night club, sexually oriented business, billiard hall, bingo parlor or bowling center unless the establishment does not allow any person under the age of 18 to enter, does not open into a restaurant, hotel, motel or any other establishment where smoking is prohibited, and is fully enclosed from floor to ceiling by solid walls with a stand alone heating/ventilation air conditioning system.
• Establishes a 50-foot “no smoking” arc outside of each entrance and openable window of a nonsmoking facility.
• Prohibits smoking in all places that have shared heating/ventilation air conditioning systems unless all of the tenants of a facility with the shared HVAC system meet the requirements for exceptions granted under certain conditions to bars, night clubs, sexually-oriented businesses, billiard halls, bingo parlors and bowling centers.
• Expands to prohibit smoking in the buildings or grounds of a hospital or healthcare facility, which includes an ambulatory surgical center, rehabilitation center or minor emergency treatment facility.
• Eliminates numerous exceptions to the existing ordinance. Smoking is not allowed in public schools within the Arlington Independent School District, public libraries, museums, hospitals and healthcare facilities, retail or service establishments, theaters, auditoriums and other enclosed entertainment venues.
• Requires “No Smoking - City Ordinance” signage to be posted at all public entrances within establishments that do not meet ordinance exceptions.

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