Rule 511-3-7-.08. Outdoor Smoking Areas

1. (1) Reasonable Distance.

   1. (a) The building owner, agent, operator, person in charge or proprietor of a public place may designate an outdoor smoking area that is located a reasonable distance from any entrance, exit, window, vent, or air intake system of a building where smoking is prohibited.
   2. (b) If the location of an entrance, exit, window, vent, or air intake system of a building where smoking is prohibited or if the location of a barrier, such as a wall, property line, parking lot, or street makes the reasonable distance requirement impossible to meet, then the building owner, agent, operator, person in charge or proprietor of a public place must maximize the distance between the outdoor smoking area and the entrance, exit, window, or air intake system of a building where smoking is prohibited.
2. (2) Ashtrays. Any ashtrays located in an outdoor smoking area shall be placed a reasonable distance from any entrance, exit, window, vent, or air intake system.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-2A-6, 31-12A-10 to 31-12A-12.

History. Original Rule entitled "Outdoor Smoking Areas" adopted. F. Sep. 20, 2013; eff. Oct. 10, 2013.