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ORDINANCE NO. 20215 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PROHIBITED SMOKING; AMENDING SECTIONS 6.230, AND 6.240 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsections (2)(g) and (3) of Section 6.230 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide: 6.230 Smoking Prohibited in Public Places and Places of Employment. (2) Smoking is prohibited in all public places and all places of employment within the city, including, but not limited to the following: (g) All restaurants, taverns, bars, cocktail lounges and bingo parlors. (3) Employers are required to provide for all employees a place of employment in which employees are not exposed to the smoking of others. Section 2. Subsections (d) and (e) of Section 6.240 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended, and subparagraph (f) is deleted therefrom, to provide: 6.240 Smoking Prohibited - Exceptions. The restrictions set forth in sections 6.230 and 6.235 of this code do not apply to: (d) Retail tobacco stores; or (e) Designated smoking entrances. Section 3. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained herein or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added, amended or repealed herein. Section 4. Notwithstanding the amendments to section 6.230 of the Eugene Code, 1971, no citation or administrative civil penalty for violation of section 6.230 shall be issued or imposed where an owner or manager has, by the date of implementation of the amendments to section 6.230, commenced construction of an outdoor seating area. "Commenced construction" for purposes of Ordinance - 1