§ 1225-1. Smoking and Use of Open Flame Prohibited.

No person shall smoke or use an open flame in the following places or permit smoking or use of an open flame:

(a)

Where smoking or use of an open flame is prohibited by the Cincinnati fire prevention code;

(b)

Where conditions are such as to make smoking or use of an open flame a hazard;

(c)

In any retail store designed and arranged to accommodate more than 300 persons or in which more than 25 persons are employed, except as follows:

(1)

Specifically designated smoking and rest rooms where approved by the fire chief;

(2)

Restaurants, executive offices or beauty parlors located in retail stores;

(d)

In an elevator;

(e)

In or around any aircraft hangar, except in offices, waiting rooms or areas where approved by the fire chief;

(f)

In a hospital, sanitarium, rest home or other institutional building providing care for three or more persons, except as follows:

(1)

Patients classified as responsible may smoke in bed under the proper supervision of attendants;

(2)

Visitors, employees and patients may smoke in solariums and other areas specifically established for that purpose where approved by the fire chief;

(g)

In any building, portion thereof, or any open area, where quantities of flammable or combustible materials are present in amounts which constitute a hazard;

(h)

In any building, portion thereof, or any open area where a serious life safety hazard exists;

(i)

In any building, barn, vessel, boat or other place where highly flammable, highly combustible, or explosive materials are present;

(j)

In any place where the fire chief orders the posting of no smoking signs or the use of audio and/or visual notification that smoking or use of an open flame is prohibited.

(C.M.C. 1229-1; ordained by Ord. No. 364-1979, eff. Sept. 6, 1979; repealed and reordained by Ord. No. 252-1981, eff. June 24, 1981; repealed and reordained as Sec. 1225-1 by Ord. No. 385-1984, eff. Sept. 6, 1984)

Analogous to CFPC 67-01; ordained by Ord. No. 464-1971, eff. Jan. 21, 1972; r. Ord. No. 364-1979, eff. Sept. 6, 1979.