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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13087~~ ~, ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), A5 AMENDED, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 29.5, "SMOKING" AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 29.5-5, "RESTAURANTS" PROVIDING THAT A SMOKING SECTION MUST NOT EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE NET DINING AREA; SECTION 29.5-8 "WHERE SMOKING IS NOT REGULATED" PROVIDING THAT PRIVATE CLUBS SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LOCATIONS WHERE SMOKING IS NOT REGULATED; SECTION 29.5-10 "VENDOR ASSISTED SALES" PROVIDING THAT RETAIL TOBACCO STORES ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS SECTION; SECTION 29.5-10.01 "VENDING MACHINES" PROVIDING THAT TOBACCO VENDING MACHINES ARE PERMITTED ONLY IN LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT ADMIT MINORS AT ANY TIME AND IN LOCATIONS IN FACILITIES WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE VENDING MACHINE; SECTION 29.5-11 "SALE OF CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS YOUNGER THAN 27 YEARS OF AGE" PROVIDING THAT A PERSON MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND THAT A RETAILER COMMITS AN OFFENSE IF THE REATILER VIOLATES THIS SECTION; SECTION 29.5-15 "ADVERTISEMENT OF CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS," BY PROVIDING A DEFINITION FOR "SIGN"; SECTION 29.5-21 "NONRETALIATION" PROVIDING THAT A PERSON SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE, DISCHARGE OR REFUSE TO HIRE OR IN ANY MANNER RETALIATE AGAINST A PERSON EXERCISING A RIGHT CREATED BY THIS ORDINANCE; SECTION 29.5-24 "VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES" PROVIDING THAT PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING PROVISIONS CONCERNING VENDING MACHINES SHALL BE A FINE OF UP TO $2,000; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A FINE OF UP TO $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by making the following amendments to Section 29.5-5 "Restaurants" Text of Section Effective until December 31, 1999 subsection (d) is hereby amended to read as follows. " (d) A designated smoking area in an existing restaurant which undertakes a major renovation after the effective date of this section or a restaurant constructed after the effective date of this section must: (1) not exceed fifty (50) percent of the net dinning area, and (2) be equipped with an air purification system (defined herein) or must have a separate ventilation system (defined herein), and (3) not allow the air from the smolcmg area to be drawn across the nonsmoking area, and (4) have sufficient ash trays or other suitable containers for extinguishing smoking materials." Section 29.5-5 "Restaurants" Text of Section Effective on January 1, 2000 subsection (b) is hereby amended to read as follows. "(b) A designated smoking area m a restaurant must: (1) not exceed fifty (50) percent of the net dining area, (2) be equipped with an air purification system (defined herein) or must have a separate ventilation system (defined herein), and (3) not allow the air from the smoking area to be drawn across the nonsmoking area." Section 29.5-8 "Where Smolcmg is Not Regulated" subsection (a) is hereby amended to read as follows " (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this chapter (1) bars (2) private residences, (3) hotel and motel rooms rented to guests, (4) retail tobacco stores, (5) enclosed meeting or assembly rooms in restaurants, hotels, motels and other public places while the entire room is being used for a private function, (6) privately owned and/or leased indoor or enclosed areas at public event facilities, and (7) private clubs." Section 29.5-10 "Vendor Assisted Sales Required" is hereby amended to read as follows "Section 29.5-10 Vendor Assisted Sales Required (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), a retailer or other person may not offer cigarettes or tobacco products for sale in a manner that permits a customer direct access to the cigarettes or tobacco products. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to (1) a facility or business that is not open to persons younger than 18 years of age at any time, or (2) tobacco retail stores. (c) A person commits an offense if the person violates subsection (a) " A new Section 29.5-10 O1 "Vending Machines" is hereby added which shall read as follows. "(a) A person commits an offense if he or she sells, offers for sale, allows the sale of, allows the offer for sale of or allows the display for sale of tobacco products by use of a vending machine. (b) Exceptions. (1) It is an exception to subsection (a) that a cigarette vending machine is located within an enclosed facility which does not adnut any persons under the age of eighteen (18) years. The establishment shall post a sign at each entrance of the enclosed facility that persons under the age of eighteen (18) years are prohibited from the enclosed facility Enclosed facility means an area surrounded by a wall and which area may not be accessed except by doorway (2) It shall also be an exceprion to subsection (a) that a cigarette vending "' w machine is located m a portion of a facility to which the general public or members of a private club do not have access. The establishment shall post a sign at the entrances to this area to which the general public or members of a private club are prohibited. (c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by a fine an amount not to exceed Two Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($2,000) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense." Section 29.5-11 "Sale of Cigarettes or Tobacco Products to Persons Younger than 27 Years of Age" is hereby amended to read as follows. "(a) A retailer may not sell, give, or cause to be sold or given a cigarette or tobacco product to someone who is younger than 27 years of age unless .the person to whom the cigarette or tobacco product was sold or given presents an apparently valid proof of identification showing the person's age to be 18 years of age or older (b) A retailer shall adequately supervise and train the retailer's agents and employees to prevent a violation of Subsection(s) (c) Proof of identification described in Section 29.5-9(d) satisfies the requirements of Subsection (a) (d) A retailer commits an offense if the retailer violates this section. (e) A fine for an offense under this section shall not exceed $100 per each violation." Section 29.5-15 "Advertisement of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products" is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (d} which shall read as follows. "(d) A "sign" in this section shall mean an outdoor medium, including a structure, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, or billboard that is: (1) used to advertise or inform, and (2) visible from the main-traveled way of a street or highway " Section 29.5-21 "Nonretaliation" is hereby amended to read as follows. "A person shall not discnnunate, discharge, refuse to hire, or m any manner retaliate against any person, employee, applicant, or tenant exercising a right created by this ordinance." Section 29.5-24 "Violations and Penalties" is hereby to read as follows. "Except as provided in Section 29.5-10 Ol, Section 29.5-11, Section 29 5- 13 and Section 29.5-14, any person, firm, corporation, agent or employee -- thereof who violates any provision of this chapter, shall, upon conviction be fined an amount not more than one hundred dollars ($100), a fine not exceeding $200 shall be assessed upon a second conviction under any provision of this chapter; a fine not exceeding $500 shall be assessed upon a third or subsequent. conviction under any provision of this chapter " SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, m which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. __ ,. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraph and sections of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of r this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined an amount not more than one hundred dollars ($100), a fine not exceeding $200 shall be assessed upon a second conviction under any provision of this chapter; a fine not exceeding $500 shall be assessed upon a third or subsequent conviction under any provision of this chapter, except than a violation under Section 29.5-10 O1 "Vending Machines" shall, upon conviction be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 00), a violation under Section 29.5-11 "Sale of Cigarettes or Tobacco Products to Persons Younger than 27 Years of Age" "shall, upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), Section 29.5-13 "Distribution and Sale of Cigarettes or Tobacco Products" "shall, upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), and Section 29.5-14 "Possession, Purchase, Consumption and Receipt of Tobacco Products by Minors Prohibited" "shall, upon conviction be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) and a subsequent violation under this section shall upon conviction be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) SECTION 5. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the ordinances amended in Section 1, which have ~~ accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be effected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Section 4 of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 2, Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas and by Section 52.013, Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be m full force and effect after rts passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APP D AS TO RM LEGALITY A SIS ANT CITY ATTORNEY DATE. 7 ADOPTED 7- / 5 - ~ 7 EFFECTIVE. Cat~v o,~F~ort Worth, ~'exas 1~llayor and C~~uncil Communication 07/15/97 **G~11946 12SMOKE 1 of 2 SUBJECT AMENDMENT TO THE SMC)KING ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance which amends to the smoking ordinance DISCUSSION The smoking ordinance was adopted by City Council on May 27, 1997 and became effective on June 29, 1997 Since the ordinance's passage, citizens and business owners have called city staff with questions and concerns about the ordinance The attached amendments to the smoking ordinance address their concerns and correct errors or oversights in the ordinance The proposed amendments to the ordinance are as follows Presently "smoking sections" in Section 29 5-5 "Restaurants" cannot exceed fifty percent of the net area Some restaurantt owners and citizens have stated that this could mean that a restaurant owner could take tlhe kitchen, lobby area and rest rooms into account when determining the size of the smoking section It was the intent of the ad hoc committee that a smoking section would not Ibe larger than a nonsmoking section Therefore, it is proposed that "smoking section" be amended to state that it shall not exceed fifty percent of the net dining area 2 It is proposed that "private clul:~s" be added to Section 29 5-8 "Where Smoking is Not Regulated " Private clubs are dE:fined in the ordinance as a facility permitted by the state and allowed by a special use permit by the city for the storing, possession and dispensing for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages Many private club owners called and said that they believed they were exempt from this chapter because they are bars, which are exempt under the ordinance After rereading the ordinance, there was a question as to whether this was correct because there is a separate definition for "private clubs" and "bars" in the ordinance To correct this oversight, it is proposed that "private clubs" be added to the list of locations where smoking is not regulated 3 It is proposed that retail tobacco stores be exempt from Section 29 5-10 "Vendor Assisted Sales Required " Many retail tobacco stores called and asked if their sales had to be vendor assisted These businesses were concerned because they wanted to continue to allow their customers to select cigars and other tobacco products without their assistance Printed on Recyded Paper City of Fort Worth, Tea~as 1~layor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE NIILdBER LOG NAME PAGE 07/15/97 **G-111946 12SMOKE 2 of 2 S'[TEJECT AMENDMENT TO THE SMOKING ORDINANCE 4 It is proposed that Section 29 5-10 01 "Vending Machines" be added to the ordinance On June 24,1997 tobacco vending machine owners filed suit against the City To settle the lawsuit, the Court asked if City Council would adopt provisions identical to Arlington's Tobacco Vending Machine Ordinance Arlington's Ordinance prohibits tobacco vending machines except in locations where minors are not permitted and in locations in facilities that are not accessible to the general public The fine for a violation of this section is 52,000 5 It is proposed that subsection (a) and (d) in Section 29 5-11 "Sale of Cigarettes or Tobacco Products to Persons Younger than ~!7 Years of Age" be amended to correct two errors made Subsection (a) should state tF~at a person must present valid proof of identification showing the person's age to be 18 years of age or older Currently this section says that a person must be 19 years old to buy tobacco products Subsection (d) must be corrected to reflect Council's instructions at thE; public hearing At the hearing, Council directed city staff to change "person" to "retailer," however, this change was not made in subsection (d) 6 It is proposed that a definition for "Signs" be added to Section 29 5-15 "Advertisement of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products "Retailers have requested the city to include a definition for signs in this section The proposed "sign" definition comes from Senate Bill 55 7 It is proposed that Section 29 5-21 "Nonretaliation" be amended because it is causing confusion among citizens and busine:~s owners To clarify the section, it is proposed that this section be amended to state "A person shall not discriminate, discharge, refuse to hire, or in any manner retaliate against any person, employee, applicant or tenant exercising a right created by this ordinance " 8 {t is proposed that Section 29 5-24 "Violations and Penalties" be amended to add the 52,000 penalty for violating Section 29 5-10 01 "Vending Machines" CBf Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOlJNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Oft`ice by: (to) ~t(`("tl~V ~6d Charles Boswell 8511 ("~ I ~'~/ ("~ (~ I i ~ (~~ ! ~j ' Originating Department Head: [ ~d \.f V 1J J U (. t ~ `I~9r Wade Adkins 7623 (from) For Additional Information CI~r of $~ ' ~~ ~$ ~~ 11~AFtat' Contact: Wade Adkins 7623 Printed on Recyded Paper A i`i ~, i ! ~ ° ~ ~ i~ ~'• ~ .t C ~'' ~ s~ t--=~