GENERAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND HODGES:
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A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 68 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ENTITLED “SMOKING”
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The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Article IV, of Chapter 68, § 68-12. Prohibition. of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled “Smoking in Playgrounds”, is amended in part” to read as follows:
Smoking is prohibited in any playground, park (as that term is defined in Chapter 45, Article 13-E. § 1399-o-2(2) of the New York State Public Health Law, as the same may be amended from time to time), or within 50 feet of any play equipment, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the sidewalks immediately adjoining playgrounds or parks.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately, subject to the requirements of Section C4-6.C of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Yonkers, entitled Adoption of Legislation, and the City Clerk is directed to cause the publication of this ordinance in accordance with the requirements stated said section.