§ 15-10. Causing fire by careless smoking.

(a)

The term "smoking device or material" shall include cigarettes, cigars, pipes, ashes, matches, lighters or any other smoking instrument or product.

(b)

The term "careless conduct in smoking" shall include any of the following acts: permitting a spark from any lighted smoking device or material to fall upon anything inflammable; falling asleep with any lighted smoking device or material at hand; throwing, dropping or setting any lighted smoking device or material elsewhere than in a proper receptacle; and failure to completely extinguish the fire of any smoking device or material after its use.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person, due to careless conduct in smoking, to set fire to any building, bedding, carpet, curtains or other property within the city limits.

(d)

This section shall apply to any overnight accommodation within the city limits, and it shall be the duty of the landlord (as defined in section 19-1) of such overnight accommodation to post in a conspicuous place, in every unit of such overnight accommodation, a plainly printed notice of this section.

(Code 1981, § 7.02.090)

Cross reference

Negligent arson, § 16-9.