§ 22-12.2. Definition of terms.

City

building means a building owned, leased as lessor, or the area leased as lessee and occupied by the city and includes, but is not limited to, offices, restrooms, indoor walkways, stairwells, entrances, passageways, break rooms, lobbies, and work areas.

City

grounds means an unenclosed area owned, leased, or occupied by the City of Mebane.

City

park system means any tract of land or body of water comprising part of the City of Mebane's parks, playgrounds, recreational areas, trains, and greenways, including, but not limited to, the Community Park, Lake Michael, Mebane Arts and Community Center and the Recreation Center.

City

vehicle means a passenger-carrying vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the City of Mebane and assigned permanently or temporarily by the City of Mebane to city employees, agencies, institutions, or facilities for official city business.

E-cigarette

means any electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and/or electronic circuity, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substances, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking. The term shall include any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other product name or descriptor. An e-cigarette does not include any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.

Employee

means a person who is employed by the City of Mebane, or who contracts with the city or a third person to perform services for the city, or who otherwise performs services for the city with or without compensation.

Enclosed

area means an area with a roof or other overhead covering of any kind and walls or side coverings of any kind regardless of the presence of openings for ingress and egress, on all sides or on all sides but one.

Sidewalk

means a sidewalk that is owned, leased, or occupied by the City of Mebane, including those that are controlled and maintained by the City of Mebane.

Smoking

means the use or possession of a lighted cigarette, lighted cigar, lighted pipe, or any other lighted tobacco product.

Temporary

special event or activity means any indoor or outdoor public gathering or celebration sponsored by the City of Mebane, including dance, music, and dramatic productions, entertainment, amusements, festivals, carnivals, parades, bicycle rides, walks, and runs and any event that will not comply with usual traffic regulations or controls, requiring temporary closure of streets, sidewalks or alleyways and for which permission is granted by the City of Mebane City Council.

Tobacco

product means any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, smoked, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, or any component part or accessory of a tobacco product, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, snus, and snuff. A tobacco product excludes any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.

Universal

"no smoking" symbol means symbol consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.

Universal

"no smoking and use of tobacco products prohibited" symbol means symbol consisting of pictorial representation of a burning cigarette and a tobacco product enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.

(Ord. No. OA-18-01 , 10-1-2018)