Modesto |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 5. SANITATION AND HEALTH |
Chapter 8. SMOKING POLLUTION CONTROL |
Article 1. Findings, Purposes and Definitions |
§ 5-8.102. Purposes.
Accordingly, the City Council finds and declares that the purposes of this chapter are:
- to protect public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Modesto by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment;
- to guarantee the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air, and to recognize that the need to breathe smoke-free air has priority over the desire to smoke.
(Ord. 2842-C.S., § 1)
(Amended by Ord. 3639-C.S., § 1, effective 12-24-15)