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An Ordinance amending Section 14-97 of the Code of Ordinances related to smoking indoors to create Section 14-97(9) defining retail e-cigarette stores; amending Section 14-98 of the Code of Ordinances related to smoking indoors to create Section 14-98(1)(g) to create an enforcement exemption for retail e-cigarette stores. [Council Office, Maynard]
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - 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:
Sec. 14-97. Regulation of smoking indoors-Definitions.
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 hospital, hospice or nursing home room.
(3)
Establishment. Any business or other entity operating or otherwise located in a building or portion thereof, and open to public, including but not limited to banks, laundromats, retail stores...
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