No smoking inside Asmbly. This includes but is not limited to cigarettes, cigars, vapes of any kind, or any other “smoking type of thing”.
I’m not a lawyer and this is not full-proof legal verbiage. Please don’t try to skirt this with some kind of “Well he didn’t mention this kind so that’s okay”. It’s not, sorry!
I do enjoy a good cigar though and I do so outside Asmbly on occasion. I find they’re great for company, catching up, and relaxing hard.
Where this is coming from? There was nothing explicitely written in the handbook to say “No” to this however the verbiage-gap-fix is coming.
Smoking and Electronic Cigarette Use Is Prohibited at Asmbly
Smoking and e-cigarette use is prohibited inside Asmbly and within 15 feet of any entrance or openable window. This applies to all persons — members, guests, instructors, and staff.
Why Asmbly is covered: Asmbly qualifies as both a workplace (employees work here) and a public place (facility open to members of the public who join, similar to gyms and other membership-based facilities) under Chapter 10-6. Either basis alone is sufficient.
Authority — Austin City Code Chapter 10-6 (Smoking in Public Places Ordinance):
§ 10-6-2(C) — A person commits an offense if the person smokes in an enclosed area of a workplace.
§ 10-6-2(D) — A person commits an offense if the person smokes within 15 feet of an entrance or openable window of an enclosed area in which smoking is prohibited.
§ 10-6-8 — The operator of a public place or workplace shall post No Smoking signs. (Working on it)