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ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -003 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING <br />ARTICLE III, SMOKING REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />PROHIBITING SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SAME; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas finds that primary and <br />secondary tobacco smoke inhalation is harmful to a person's health, contributing to several <br />adverse conditions and diseases including: lung cancer and other forms of cancer, cardiac and <br />circulatory diseases, and asthma, that smoking in public places creates a nuisance and a health <br />hazard for those persons gathered in and occupying public places; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council also heard testimony from parents of young children and <br />school teachers that were concerned about minor children being exposed to secondhand smoke in <br />some of our local restaurants, bowling alleys and ballparks, and the Council recognized that <br />children do not always have control over where they eat out or where they recreate; and <br />WHEREAS, in January 2014, the City Council formed a Task Force to study the <br />smoking regulations of the City of Paris and to make recommendations to the City Council for <br />changes to the City's ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, the Task Force composed of residents, physicians and business owners in <br />the community worked with the Mayor, council members and city staff over the last two months <br />to revise the City's smoking regulations to better protect the health, safety and welfare of the <br />citizens of Paris; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, hereby finds and determines <br />that it is necessary to amend the city's smoking regulations to further restrict smoking in public <br />places to combat the negative effects of tobacco use and second hand smoke and to protect the <br />public health safety and welfare. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That Article III of Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, be and hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />"ARTICLE III. SMOKING REGULATIONS <br />Sec. 17 -46. Definitions <br />Page 1 of 10 <br />