HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1833 ORDINANCE NO. 1333
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY ADDING THERETO SUBSECTION (C) TO SECTION
7811 DEFINING "SMOKE" AND BY ADDING NEW ARTICLE
783 , ENTITLED "SMOKING PROHIBITED AT MEETINGS"
WHEREAS , there is widespread public awareness of the
need for curbing pollution in any form, and smoke fumes in an
enclosed area are injurious to the public health.
NOW, THEREFORE , the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does ordain as follows :
SECTION 1 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding subsection (c) to Section 7811 to read as
follows :
(c) Smoke means the act of smoking lighted tobacco and
the distribution of tobacco smoke or fumes into the air by
any means .
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding Article 783 to read as follows :
ARTICLE 783
SMOKING PROHIBITED AT MEETINGS
7831 . No person shall smoke in a meeting room or chamber
during regular , adjourned regular or special meetings of the
City Council and all council-appointed boards and commissions .
7832 . The City Administrator shall cause notices prohi-
biting smoking to be posted conspicuously in all public buildings
and chambers where meetings of the Council, and council-appointed
boards and commissions are held .
7833 . Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon a conviction thereof, be guilty of an infraction,
and punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100) .
SECTION 3 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days
after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper
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of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach,
California,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th
day of May, 1973 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City ttorne
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Ord. No. 1833
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly appointed, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of April
19 73 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 7th day of May , 19 73 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley, Bartlett, Gibbs, Green, Coen, Duke
NOES: Councilmen:
Matney
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and= ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach,. California
1. Iat- 14 0,1 CfTY CLERK of the City or
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has
been published in the Huntington Beach News n
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In accor ce wi a Ity Chart r of said City.
City Cie;i
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'Deputy City Clerk