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6. A significant amount of secondhand smoke exposure occurs in the workplace. Employees who work in smoke-filled businesses suffer a 25-50% higher risk of heart attack and higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as increased acute respiratory disease and measurable decrease in lung function. 7. Smoke-filled workplaces result in high worker absenteeism due to respiratory disease, lower productivity, higher cleaning and maintenance costs, increased health insurance rates, and increased liability claims for diseases related to exposure to secondhand smoke. 8. Smoking is a potential cause of fires. 9. Accordingly, the Eden Prairie City Council finds and declares that the purposes of this ordinance are 1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in city facilities and parks. B. Definitions: 1. "City Facilities" means buildings owned or operated by the City, including owned or operated outdoor areas of the lot or parcel on which the building is situated. 2. "Parks" means any open or enclosed land and improvements or facility wherever located which is owned, leased or operated by the City and which is reserved, designated or used for a playground, picnic area, garden area, beach, or other recreational or open space area. 3. "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, or plant in any manner or in any form. Subd. 2. General Restrictions_ A. Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Areas. Smoking is prohibited in the following areas: 1. Parks; 2. City Facilities; 3. Inside motor vehicles owned or operated by the City when occupied by two or more persons. 4. Inside motor vehicles at City Facilities and Parks. B. Where Smoking Not Regulated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the following areas shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section: