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ORDINANCE NO. 16,655
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5 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
6 ARK. REV. CODE $ 14 -2(b) (1988) TO
7 PROVIDE THAT PERSONS MAY NOT SMOKE
8 WITHIN HOSPITALS, OR WITHIN
9 TWENTY -FIVE (25) FEET OF ANY
10 ENTRANCE TO HOSPITALS; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, Little Rock, Ark. Ord. No. 15,290 (May 5, 1987),
14 codified as Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code S 14 -1 to -2 (1988),
15 prohibits smoking in public places; and
16 WHEREAS, the City has been approached by the Arkansas
17 Hospital Association and asked to consider an extension of the
18 prohibition in health care facilities to the areas immediately
19 adjacent to the entrances; and
20 WHEREAS, after consideration the Board believes that this
21 is an appropriate amendment to the smoking ordinance.
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
23 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
24 SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 14 -2(b) (1988) is
25 hereby amended to add:
26 (4) Those areas within the buildings or
27 structures of any hospital or within
28 twenty -five (25) feet of any entrance to
29 any hospital on property belonging to the
30 owner of the hospital.
31 SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. In the event any title, subtitle,
32 section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, item,
33 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared
34 or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional. such declaration
35 or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
36 ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the
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portion so declared or
adjudged
invalid or unconstitutional
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not originally a part
of this ordinance.
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SECTION 3. REPEALER. All
ordinances, regulations,
and
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policies, or parts
of any such
ordinances, regulations,
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policies, inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordinance
are
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hereby repealed to the
extent of
such inconsistency.
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PASSED: May 3, 1994
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