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AMENDED THIRD SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 23.05 of the Madison General Ordinances to create definitions of chewing tobacco, cigarettes and tobacco bars and to permit chewing tobacco in all public places and to permit smoking of all tobacco products (other than cigarettes) at all tobacco bars.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This substitute creates definitions for chewing tobacco, cigarettes, tobacco bars and changes the definition of tobacco product to take into account these new definitions. It removes the definition of chewing tobacco from the definition of tobacco product and thereby permits the use of chewing tobacco in all places open to the public. It also creates an exception, which permits the use of all tobacco products in tobacco bars if certain requirements are met, including that at least 10% of sales are from tobacco products. It prohibits the smoking of cigarettes in tobacco bars. It is not an ordinance to grandfather existing cigar bars, rather, it permits any establishment at any point in time, to file the proper paperwork to become a tobacco bar and to allow the use of all tobacco products (other than cigarettes) at these establishments.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (1) entitled “Definitions” of Section 23.05 entitled “Smoking Prohibited in Certain Areas” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“Chewing tobacco” means plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; snuff, snuff flour, cavendish, plug and twist tobacco; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing.”
“Cigarette” means any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any substance other than chewing tobacco or tobacco products.”
“Food” means a r...
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