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COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20215
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 4748
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PROHIBITED SMOKING; AMENDING
SECTIONS 6.230, AND 6.240 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DATE SUBMITTED: November 13,2000
PASSED: 7/1
ABSENT:
OPPOSED: Farr
REJECTED:
ABSTAINED:
DEFERRED TO:
FIRST READING: November 13,2000
SECOND READING: November 13, 2000
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of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added, amended or repealed herein.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
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this section means that the owner or manager submitted a building permit application that the City
accepted as complete. This exception will continue for as long as the construction is progressing at
a reasonable pace, or until the permit application is rejected by City staff, or until the construction
is complete, but in no case shall the exception continue beyond 180 days after implementation of
section 6.230 of the Eugene Code, 1971.
Section 5. Pursuant to the provisions of the Eugene Charter of 1976, this Ordinance shall
become effective 30 days after its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor except as
provided below. No citation for violation of Sections 6.230 to 6.240 of the Eugene Code, 1971 shall
be issued, nor shall any administrative civil penalties be imposed for violation of any of those
sections prior to July 1, 2001.
Passed by the City Council this
Approved by the Mayor this
13th day of November, 2000
13th day of November, 2000
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City Recorder
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