§ 731-070. OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS

(a)

No Person, Employer, or Nonprofit Entity shall knowingly permit Smoking in an area which is under the legal or de facto control of that Person, Employer, or Nonprofit Entity and in which Smoking is prohibited by law.

(b)

No Person shall dispose of used Smoking or Tobacco Product waste within the boundaries of an area in which Smoking is prohibited, including within any Reasonable Distance required by this Chapter.

(c)

A person, Employer, or Nonprofit Entity that has legal or de facto control of an area in which Smoking is prohibited by this Chapter shall post a clear, conspicuous and unambiguous "No Smoking" or "Smoke-free" sign at each point of ingress to the area. The signs shall have letters of no less than 1" in height and shall include the international "No Smoking" symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it and may include additional symbol(s) representing restriction against electronic devices or other forms of inhaled substances. For purposes of this section, the County Administrative Officer or his/her designee shall be responsible for the posting of signs in regulated facilities owned or leased in whole or part by Sutter County. Notwithstanding this provision, the presence or absence of signs shall not be a defense to a charge of Smoking in violation of any other provisions of this Chapter.

(d)

No Person, Employer, or Nonprofit Entity shall intimidate, threaten any reprisal, or effect any reprisal, for the purpose of retaliating against another Person who seeks to attain compliance with the Chapter.

(e)

Each instance of Smoking in violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate violation. For violations other than for Smoking, each day of a continuing violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate violation.

(Ord. No. 1646, § 1, 5-8-2018)