SECTION 7. DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

(H) Section 1109.4 shall be added to the Uniform Fire Code, 1994 Edition, to read as follows.

Section 1109.4 Appendix II-A.6 Smoking in bed in Hotels, Motels, Apartments, Rooming Houses, Etc. Prohibited; Carelessly Setting Fire to Furnishings Unlawful; Report of Fire Required.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person while in or on a bed in a hotel, motel, room, or apartment house to smoke a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or tobacco in any form.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person carelessly to set fire to, burn, or cause to be burned any bedding, furniture, curtains, draperies, or household furnishings by means of any lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other form of burning tobacco, or by any means of matches, lighters, and the like in lighting or attempting to light any cigarette, cigar, pipe, or other form of smoking tobacco in any hotel, motel, rooming house, or apartment house.

(3) The owner, manager, or person in control of each hotel, motel, rooming house, or apartment house shall post, or cause to be posted, conspicuously in each unit of occupancy, a printed notice with the wording: "Smoking in Bed Punishable by Ordinance".

(4) Whenever a fire occurs in any building of any kind, it shall be the duty of the owner, manager, occupant, or person in charge of the building, upon discovery of the fire, immediately to notify the Fire District and to make such report of the cause and accompanying circumstances as the Fire District may request. This requirement shall not be construed to forbid the owner, manager, occupant, or person in control of the building from using all diligence necessary to extinguish such fire prior to the arrival of the Fire District.

(5) For purposes of this ordinance, smoking shall mean and include the carrying of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, or lighted tobacco in any form.