HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2001-O0042 - Invalid Ordinance. Not Signed By Mayor - 07/12/2001ORD. NO. 2001-00042
NOT SIGNED BY MAYOR
INVALID ORDINANCE
REPLACED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2001-00060
PASSED JULY 12, 2001
First Reading
June 14, 2001
Item No. 1
Second Reading
June 26, 2001
Item No. 48
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-00042
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH BY
AMENDING ARTICLE IX PERTAINING TO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES;
REGULA TING SMOKING IN WORK PLACES; REGULATING TOBACCO SALES OR
SAMPLES TO MINORS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified Environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS) as a Group A (known human) carcinogen, a category reserved for only
the most toxic of compounds regulated by the EPA, such as radon, asbestos, and benzene (US
EPA, 1992); and
WHEREAS, the EPA has determined that ETS is causally associated with between
150,000 to 300,000 cases of lower respiratory tract infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia,
in children up to 18 months of age; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that more
than 90 percent (90%) of the current smokers began smoking as children or adolescents and that
each day another 3,000 children begin smoking in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock recognizes on the basis of the EPA
report and many other sources that Environmental Tobacco Smoke has come to be recognized as
a health hazard to the general public, particularly in confined spaces; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the City of Lubbock to balance the
interest of smokers against the potential health hazard to non-smokers in a manner that will result
in the minimum possible burden on those persons regulated while still meeting the duty to
protect the public's health; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds it is in the best interest of the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to restrict smoking in public
places to areas specifically designated for smoking and to regulate tobacco products; NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Article IX of Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, BE and is hereby amended to read as follows: