STADIUM DISTRICT TOBACCO FREE POLICY

MARICOPA COUNTY STADIUM DISTRICT
INTERNAL POLICY
Policy Number: S0001
Policy Title:
PROHIBITIONS OF SMOKING AND Current Adoption 3-27-2019
Date:
TOBACCO USE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY Current
3-27-2019
Implementation Date:
Board Agenda Number
Approved by: C-06-19-353-6-00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Original Adoption
3-27-2019
Date:
I. PURPOSE
To comply with the 2006 Smoke-Free Arizona Act (A.R.S. §36-601.01) and to create a tobacco free
environment on Maricopa County Stadium District premises.
II. APPLICATION
This policy applies to District employees, volunteers, contractors, clients, partners, tenants, and visitors
while utilizing District-owned buildings and adjacent areas.
The lessee or tenant of District property is responsible for enforcing this policy.
III. DEFINITIONS
A. Adjacent Areas: District property surrounding District-owned buildings such as breezeways,
courtyards, parking garages, parking lots and walkways. This may include areas further than 20 feet
away from entrances, open windows or ventilation systems.
B. Appointing Authority: An elected official, the single administrative or executive head of the District
or the designated representative authorized to act in this capacity.
C. Electronic Cigarette: Any device that simulates Smoking by vaporizing a substance that may or
may not contain nicotine.
D. Smoking: Carrying or possessing any lighted Tobacco Product or other plant based or synthetic
substance. This includes cigars, cigarettes, pipes and Electronic Cigarettes.
E. Tobacco Product: Any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human
consumption, including any component, part or derivative of a tobacco product, this includes cigars,
cigarettes, pipe tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
IV. POLICY
A. The Maricopa County Stadium District prohibits Smoking and the use of Tobacco Products in
buildings and Adjacent Areas owned or leased by the District.
B. For the purpose of this policy, the use of Electronic Cigarettes will be treated the same as Smoking.

Policy Title: Policy Number: S0001
PROHIBITIONS OF SMOKING AND
Current Adoption
TOBACCO USE ON DISTRICT PROPERTY Date: 3-27-2019
C. The use of tobacco products is prohibited within a distance of at least 20 feet in all directions
measured from each outer edge of an entrance, an open window or a ventilation system of a
District building (A.R.S.§36-601.01, Arizona Department of Health Services R9-2-102(B)).
D. “Tobacco Use Prohibited” signs shall be posted at general public and employee only entrances
indicating that buildings are tobacco-free.
E. Tobacco Product remnants (e.g. ashes, cigarette butts) shall be discarded in appropriate
receptacles.
Revision History
Version Revision Date Description of Revision
1 03/27/2019 Initial version (C-06-19-353-6-00)