ORDINANCE O-221

Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Moore, seconded by Council Member Boensch that an
ordinance introduced August 10, 2020, be taken up and enacted, entitled and reading as
follows:

O-221

AN ORDINANCE TO ADD §91.36, “SMOKING IN PARKS; REGULATIONS,”

OF TITLE IX, “GENERAL REGULATIONS,” OF THE CITY OF SAGINAW
CODE OF ORDINANCES, O-204.

The City of Saginaw Ordains:

Section 1. §91.36, “Smoking in Parks, Regulations,” of Title IX, “General Regulations,” of the City
of Saginaw Code of Ordinances, O-204, is hereby added to read as follows:

§91.36 SMOKING IN PARKS; REGULATIONS

(A) For purposes of this section, smoke or smoking means possessing a cigarette, e-cigarette,
cigar, hookah, or pipe that contains tobacco, marijuana, or any other product that is lit or burning;
lighting a cigarette, e-cigarette, cigar, hookah, or pipe that contains tobacco or any other product;
or exhaling smoke from burning tobacco or any other burning product that is contained in a
hookah, pipe, cigar, cigarette and/or e-cigarette.
(B) No person shall be allowed to engage in smoking in any City park, including, but not limited
to, any playground, tennis court, community center or outdoor athletic complex owned or
controlled by the City.
(C) A violation of this section shall constitute a municipal civil infraction, which shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00 and costs. In the discretion of the court, community
service may be ordered in lieu of a fine and costs.
(D) In addition to the issuance of a municipal civil infraction, a City employee or City police
officer is authorized to require that a person who violates this section immediately leave the City
park.
(E) The prohibition in this section against smoking is in addition to prohibitions against
smoking in state law and in other ordinances or regulations and shall not be construed to permit
smoking in areas where it is prohibited by state law or by other ordinances or regulations or on
private property as determined by the private property owner.

This ordinance shall become effective September 3, 2020.

Enacted: August 24, 2020.

Yeas: Nine
Nays: None
Absent: None

Floyd Kloc Janet Santos

Mayor City Clerk

August 24, 2020

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 ORDINANCE DECLARED ADOPTED

I, Janet Santos, City Clerk of the City of Saginaw, Michigan, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and complete copy of the ordinance adopted by the City of Saginaw, Saginaw County,
State of Michigan, at a public meeting held on August 24, 2020; the original thereof is on file in
the records of my office; the meeting was conducted and public notice of said meeting was
given pursuant to Act No. 267, Public Acts of Michigan, 1976, as amended, and minutes of
this meeting were kept and will be made available as required.

Janet Santos
City Clerk

August 24, 2020

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