12.72.135 Prohibition of smoking in parks.

             A.               Smoking is prohibited in parks.

             B.               No person shall dispose of any material used for smoking in any park, except in a designated waste disposal container.

             C.               Notwithstanding subsection A of this section and unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, smoking is permitted in designated areas in community parks or regional parks authorized by the director. Designated smoking areas shall be prominently marked with signs.

             D.               For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning set forth in this subsection:

             1.               “Parks” has the same meaning as defined in Section 12.72.010, but does not include golf courses, the streets inside a park, or the sidewalks along the perimeter of parks.

             2.               “Smoking” means lighting, inhaling, exhaling or burning any pipe, cigar, cigarette, weed, or plant, or carrying any lighted pipe, lighted cigar, lighted cigarette, lighted weed, lighted plant, or ignited combustible substance in any manner or in any form. (Ord. 2012-042 § 5)