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ORDINANCE #23-15 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA, AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL, OF THE CITY CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 34-2 REGARDING TOBACCO AND CANNABIS USE WITHIN PUBLIC PROPERTY The City Council of Ramsey ordains: Chapter 34, Article I. In General, in the Ramsey City Code is hereby amended by adding Section 34-2 to read as follows: SECTION 34-2. TOBACCO AND CANNABIS USE WITHIN PUBLIC PROPERTY SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. PUBLIC PROPERTY. Property, real and personal, that is owned, managed, or controlled by the City, including, but not limited to: City buildings and all the land thereon, parking lots, parks, pathways and trails, and city rights -of -way consisting of both the traveled portion and the abutting boulevard, sidewalks and trails, and any City personal property, such as motor vehicles, city equipment, and the like. CANNABIS FLOWER, CANNABIS PRODUCTS, LOWER -POTENCY HEMP EDIBLES, and HEMP -DERIVED CONSUMER PRODUCTS shall have the meanings as defined in Minn. Stat. §342.01 (enacted under Minnesota Laws 2023). TOBACCO and TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS shall have meanings as defined in Ramsey City Code Chapter 26, Article XVI. Tobacco. This includes, but not limited to, any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco and tobacco -related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products. SECTION 2. TOBACCO USE PROHIBITED. No person shall use tobacco within public property in a manner that involves inhalation of smoke, aerosol, or vapor, or use any devices that emit smoke, with the exception of the use of tobacco and tobacco related products on sidewalks, trails, and within a vehicle or in a designated area, marked by signage. SECTION 3. CANNABIS USE PROHIBITED. No person shall use cannabis flower, cannabis products or hemp -derived consumer products within public property in a manner that involves inhalation of smoke, aerosol, or vapor; or use