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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4192, ADOPTED OCTOBER 2, 2006, AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2-12 OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE: SMOKING BAN - PUBLIC PLACES
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (the "Village") is a home rule municipality organized under the laws of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Village, on October 2, 2006, pursuant to Ordinance No. 4192, adopted a comprehensive smoking ban in public places that was to be effective January 2, 2007; and
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2007, pursuant to Ordinance No. 4215, the Village amended Ordinance No. 4192 to provide an effective date of March 14, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the United States Food and Drug Administration has warned about the possible adverse health effects brought about by the use of electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) as they have been found to contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze and thus the President and Board of Trustees have determined that the use of e-cigarettes and similar devices should be restricted within the Village in the same manner as the use of pipes, cigars or cigarettes containing tobacco, and to further amend Ordinance No. 4192 accordingly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No. 4192, adopted October 2, 2006, is hereby further amended by revising:
(a) that part of Section 1 defining “Smoke or Smoking” to read as follows:
“Smoke or Smoking: The carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind or any other lighted smoking equipment or the lighting or emitting or exhaling of the smoke of a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind. “Smoke” also means the gaseous products and particles created by the use of a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind or any other lighte...
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