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,.. 576 -'.. T~ I I I ! , ORDINANCE NO 9012 An Ordinance wmending Ordinance No. 884 of the City of Eugene, Entitled: "An Ordinance providing for the establishment of a Bureau of Fire Prevention" providing officers therefor and defin- ing their povrers and duties, and prescribing regulations for fire prevention and life safety in corJlection with hazardous materials and processes .IT, passed by the Common Council on the 11th day of February, 1946, and approved by the Mayor of said City on the 12th day of February, 1946, by adding a new section thereto designated as Section No. 2111 prohibiting smoking in certain buildings and structures and providing for the posting and announcing of such restriction, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EUGEJ.llE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Ordinance No. 8874- of the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, be and the swme is hereby amended by adding thereto an additional section Ul1der Part 21 and numbered Sec~ion 2111, in words a~nd figures as follows: Section 2111. vThenever in the opinion of the Chief of the Bureau or Fire Prevention, concurred in by the Chief of the Fire Department, smoking by persons 'will create a fire hazard or increase an existing fire hazard in any building, structure or covering when being used by any assemblage of persons, the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall immediately designate such building, structurec or covering as unsafe to permit smoking therein during any assemblage of persons. The Chief of the Bureau of FirePrevention shall post suitable signs at and near each public entrance to any such building, structure or covering so designated to the effect that "smoking is prohibited." Thereafter and so long as such building, structure or covering is so designated and posted it shall be unlawful for any person to smoke therein during any assemblage of persons; and it shall be unlawful for the person or Management in charge of any such building, structure or covering so designated and posted, to permit any person to smoke therein during any assemblage of persons. Provided, hO\'I[ ever, the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention may, with the concurrence of the Chief of the Fire Department, designate roams or portions of any building, structure or covering when being used by any assemblage of persons, where smoking may be permitted; and smoking by persons in any such rooms or portions so designated may be permitted during any assemblage of persons. Section 2. ~fuereas, persons are smoking during assemblages of persons in uns~ie buildings and structures and it is hereby deemed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the City of Eugene .... .i I I" ,1.-' -; I '\ j I! II I: !