The spirit of the Environmental Tobacco Smoke Ordinance is to protect the non-smoking patron or employee from tobacco smoke while they are in the facility. This means that upon entrance and exit and while traveling to the dining area or bathroom the non-smoker must be able to experience a tobacco smoke free environment with the following exceptions:

• Bars and bar areas not designated as dining;
• Motel rooms;
• Private function rooms;
• Outdoor seating/dining areas;
• Seating less than 25; and
• Open air areas within a restaurant (patios and side walk seating).

Owners/operators are responsible to enforce the ordinance within their establishment.

Signs must be posted to alert patrons that they are entering or are in a non smoking area. Ash receptacles must be present to extinguish any lit tobacco product upon entrance into a nonsmoking area. The sign must read "No smoking by City ordinance, extinguish here".

Non smoking areas must be of sufficient size to accommodate, without reasonable delay, all patrons who request to be seated in a non-smoking area. Restaurants may need to adjust areas to accommodate all patrons.

A host or signs must be available to direct patrons to the non-smoking or smoking areas. Signs must be not less than 40 square inches in size with letters not less than 1/2 inch high except for the words "No Smoking" shall be not less than 1 inch high. The international no smoking symbol can be used if it is not less than 5 inches high. Wording like "No smoking except in designated areas", "Smoking permitted in this area" and "No smoking" are allowed.