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An Ordinance amending Section 14-97(6) of the Code of Ordinances related to smoking indoors to amend the definition of smoke or smoking to include electronic smoking devices, including but not limited to, e-cigarettes or e-cigs; creating Section 14-97(8) of the Code of Ordinances related to smoking indoors to define electronic smoking device. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - In order to serve the public health, safety and general welfare, it is declared that E-Cigarettes or E-Cigs be included in the definition of smoke or smoking that prohibits smoking in all buildings open to the public or used as workplaces in Sections 14-97 to 14-104.
Section 2 - That Section 14-97 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
For the purpose of Sections 14-97 to 14-104, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(1) Building. Any structure whose floor area is enclosed overhead by a roof or other covering of any material, whether permanent or temporary, and has forty (40) percent or more of its perimeter permanently or temporarily enclosed by walls, windows, doors, or other coverings of any material. Any structure whose floor area is enclosed overhead by a roof or other covering of any material, whether permanent or temporary, that has 40% or more of the perimeter temporarily enclosed by walls, windows, doors or other coverings of any materials shall not be subject to the definition of a building when the temporary walls, windows, doors or other coverings are not in place.
(2) Dwelling. Any building used primarily for sleeping overnight and conducting activities of daily living, including, without limitation, a single or multi-family residential housing unit, a hotel or motel room or suite or a hospi...
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