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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - May 16, 1990 (77)RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council consideration of the attached draft smoking ordinances . BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the "shirtsleeve" session of April 10, 1990, two of the attached three draft ordinances for the - regulation of smoking in public places were presented to the Council. Both regulated smoking in certain designated public places and places of employment, with Option 1 being the more stringent version. At that time, it was directed that the proposed ordinances be returred to the Council at a regular meeting for consideration and possible adoption. Based on Council input since that time, a third option has been drafted. This version would be the most stringent of all, and would be an absolute prohibition of smoking in specified public places, with no provisions for designating portions of restaurants, waiting rooms, etc. as "smoking" areas. All options now contain the same set of findings for consistency sake. Options Nos. 1 and 3 specify that the Fire Marshal shall be the official responsible for enforcement of the smoking ordinance. This is consistent with most other jurisdictions which have smoking ordinances. A brief synopsis of each of the proposed ordinances might be useful. OPTION 1. This option would apply to any employer having one or more employees [Section 030(5)],and gives the employer 60 days in which to adopt a smoking policy. [Section .050(6)]. It further allows any employee to designate his or her workspace "smoke free". This version of the ordinance requires that at least 50% or more of all seating i n such places as restaurants, waiting rooms, etc. be designated nonsmoking. It is an infraction punishable by a maximum fine of $500. There are no waivers or exemptions provided for deviation from the requirements of the ordinance. OPTION 2. This version applies to a I I employers having 5 or more employees, excluding owners [Section .020(F)] and allows the employer 90 days in which to adopt a smoking policy [.040(0)]. The stated goal of the ordinance i s to provide for a "reasonable balance" between the rights of smokers and nonsmokers. City Attorney SMOKES/TXTA .01V It wouldrestaurants `. having Gess . than',000 ""square"` feet;: of " customer,. seating [Section. >..020(J) and otherwise'provides..,for'nonsmoking. areas, with a minimum of 50Z of the square footage to be"-designated nonsmoking. Although "i 1s an infraction "also, it does..not specify.fines nor"designate an" :: official ._ to enforce ;the :ordinance.:: It ,provides z for :waivers 'under::' unusual circumstances":`such as financial hardship or structural infeasibility [.080]. OPTION 3. , ThIs_�s sim�larj_to Option 1 in aii respects, except :that iL does:no t"°allow .:for .. the desigiation of sei aside areas rwithin fac�-lities to -.be deemed .:"smoking" areas. ;It generaliy:prohtiiis smoking in ail "public places" as. 'defined. t The "only::difference::In :this version is :that- it allows owners` to'~set aside ¥ smoking' areas" in em io .ee loun es ,for use, by: employees, as "long as uch area �s separated rom :p aces:n" w. ch ;the, public, may ::.be present, by ovalis ;and doors through wh:ch smcke cannot easily pass. None,: of'---the ;ordinances would ;require :employers. or business: owners to make structural changes to implement he proposed ordinances. s Respectfullf submitted, BOB McNATT City Attorney SMOKES/TXTA .01V SEC . 8.16.020 Findings and Purpose SEC. 8.16.030 Definitions SEC. 8.16.040 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places SEC. 8.16.050 Regulation of Smoking in Places of Employment SEC. 8.16.060 Where Smoking Not Regulated SEC. 8.16.070 Posting of Signs SEC. 8.16.080 Enforcement SEC. 8.16.090 Violations and Penalties SEC. 8.16.100 Non -retaliation SEC. 8.16.110 Governmental Agency Cooperation SEC. 8.16.120 Other Applicable taws SEC. 8.16.130 Severability SEC. 8.16.140 Effective Date -I- Sec. 8.16.020 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The Lodi City Council hereby finds that: s Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; and x. Reliable studies have shown that breathing second-hand smoke is . a significant health hazard for certain population groups, including elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; and Health hazards induced by breathing second-hand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, spasm; and bronchoconstriction, and broncho - Nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing second-hand smoke may experience a loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; and Numerous studies have shown that a majority of both nonsmokers and smokers desire to have restrictions on smoking on public places and pi aces of employment - -2- The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section: 1. 'Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. 2. "Business" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services �� xe as Smoking is a documented cause of fires; and :cigarette and :cigar as professional burns and ash stains on merchandise and fixtures cause economic losses and other to businesses, where legal , medical, dental, Accordie gly, the City Council and declares that the .finds . purposes of this ordinance are 1) to protect the:: public .health and: welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places except in designated smoking areas; and by regulating smoking: in places `of employment; and` 2) to strike a reasonable balance between the needs of smokers and the need of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air, and to recognize that, where these needs conflict, the need to breathe smoke-free air shall have priority. 1 i Sec. 8.16.030 DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section: 1. 'Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. 2. "Business" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold as well as professional corporations and other entities where legal , medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other professional services are delivered. -3- 5. "Employer" means any person, partnership, corporation, or nonprofit entity, including a municipal corporation, who employs the services of one or more persons. 6. "Enclosed" means closed in by roof and four walls with appropriate openings for ingress and egress. 7. "Nonprofit Entity" means any corporation, unincorporated association, or other entity created for charitable, educational, political , social, or other similar purposes, the net proceeds from the operations of which are committed to the promotion of the objects or purposes of the organization and not to private financial gain. A public agency is not a "nonprofit entity" within the meaning of this section. 8. "Place of Employment" means any enclosed area under the control of a public or private employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including but not limited to, work areas, employee lounges, and -4- 9. facilities, public transportation facilities, reception areas, restaurants, retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, theaters, and waiting rooms. 10. "Restaurant" means any coffee shop, cafeteria, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private or public school cafeteria, and any other eating establishment, Organization, club, boardinghouse, or guesthouse, which gives or offers food for sale to the public, guests, patrons, or employees, except that the term "restaurant" shall not include a cocktail lounge or tavern if said cocktail lounge or tavern is a "bar" as defined in Section 8.16.030 (1). -5- 14. "Sports Arena" means sports pavilions, gymnasiums, health spas, boxing arenas, swimming pools, roller and ice rinks, bowling alleys and other similar places where members of the public assemble to engage in physical exercise, participate in athletic competition, or witness sports events. Sec. 8.16.040 PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within the City, including, but not limited to the following places: 1. Elevators and restrooms . 2. Buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit ender the authority of the City, and in ticket, boarding, and waiting areas of public transit depots; provided, however, that this prohibition does not prevent (a) the establishment of separate waiting areas for smokers and nonsmokers, of equal size or .M 5. Retail food marketing establishments, including grocery stores and supermarkets, except those areas of such establishments .... set aside for the purpose of serving of food and drink, restrooms and offices, and areas thereof not open to the public, which may be otherwise regulated by this chapter. F 6. All areas available to and customarily used by the general public in all businesses and nonprofit entities patronized by the public, including, but not limited to, business offices, banks, hotels and motels. 7. Restaurants, provided, however, that this prohibition does not prevent (a) the designation of a contiguous area within a restaurant that contains a maximum of 50% of the seating capacity of the restaurant as a smoking area, or (b) providing separate rooms designated as smoking rooms, so long as said rooms do not contain more than 50%of the seating capacity of the restaurant. -7- 10. Every room, chamber, and place of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings under the control of any board, council, commission, committee, or agencies of the City or any political subdivision of the State during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the jurisdiction of the City. 11. Doctors' offices, dentists' offices, waiting rooms, hallways, wards, and semi -private rooms of health facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, and physical therapy facilities. In bed space areas of health facilities used for two or more patients, smoking shall be prohibited unless all patients within the room are smokers and request in writing upon the health care facility's admission forms to be placed in a room where smoking 1s permitted. -8- 4 12. Polling Places. & Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any owner, operator, manager or other person Wlu controls any establishment described in this section may declare that entire establishment as a nonsmoking establishment. . r. Sec. 8.16.050 REGULATION OF SMOKING IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. A. It shall be the responsibility of employers to provide smoke-free areas for nonsmoking employees within existing facilities to the maximum extent possible, but employers are not required to incur any expense to make structural or other physical modifications in providing these areas. B. Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, each employer and each place of employment located within the City shall adopt, implement, make known and maintain a written smoking policy, which shall contain at a minimum the following requirements: 1. Any employee in a place of employment shall have the right to designate his or her work area as a nonsmoking area and to post the same with an appropriate sign or signs, to be proviaed by the employer. 2. Prohibition of smoking in auditoriums, classrooms, conference and meeting rooms, elevators, hallways, medical facilities, and res trooms. -9- 3. Provision and maintenance of separate and contiguous nonsmoking areas of not less than fifty percent of the seating capacity and floor space in cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee lounges or provision and maintenance of separate and equal -sized cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee lounges for smokers and nonsmokers. 4 In any dispute arising under this smoking policy, the health concerns of the nonsmoker shall be given precedence. C. The smoking policy shall be communicated to all employees within three weeks of its adoption. D. All employers shall supply a written copy of the smoking policy to any prospective employee. -E. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, every employer shall have the right to designate any place of employment, or any portion thereof, as a nonsmoking area. Sec. 8.16.060 WHERE SMOKING NOT REGULATED. A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this chapter: -10- 4 1. Bars. 2. Private residences, except when used as a child care or a health care facility. 1. 3. Hotel and motel rooms rented to guests. 4, Retai 1 tobacco stores. 5. Restaurant, hotel and motel conference or meeting rooms, and public and private assembly rooms while these places are being used for private functions. 6. A private enclosed place occupied exclusively by smokers, even though such a place may be visited by nonsmokers. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any owner, operator, manager, or other person who controls any establishment described in this section may declare that entire establishment, or any portion thereof, as a nonsmoking establishment. Sec. 8.16.070 POSTING OF SIGNS. A. "Smoking" or "No Smoking" signs, whichever are appropriate, with letters of not less than 1" in height or the international "No Smoking" symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across -11- it) shall be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted in every building or other place where smoking is controlled by this chapter, by the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such building or other place. B. Every theater owner, manager or operator shall conspicuously post signs in the lobby stating that smoking is prohibited within the theater or auditorium, and in the case of motion'picture theaters, such information shall be shown upon the screen for at least five seconds prior to the showing of each feature motion picture. C. Every restaurant shall have posted at every entrance a sign clearly stating that a nonsmoking section is available and the size of that section. Every patron shall be asked as to his or her preference by the host or hostess (if one is on duty). A person taking reservations for a restaurant shall likewise ask if there is a nonsmoking or smoking preference. Sec. 8.16.080 ENFORCEMENT. A. Enforcement shall be implemented by the ire Marshal. B. Any citizen who desires to registe,• a complaint hereunder may initiate enforcement with the Fire Marshal. -12. C. Any owner, manager, operator or employer of any establishment controlled by this chapter shall have the right to inform persons violating this chapter of the appropriate provisions thereof. D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a private citizen may bring legal action to enforce this chapter. Sec. 8.16.090 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. A. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any Premises subject to the regulation under this chapter to fail to comply with its provisions. The owner, manager or operator of a restaurant shall not be deemed in violation of Sec. 8.16.070 (C) if the host or hostess of the restaurant fails to ask the seating preference of patrons, but shall be deemed in violation thereof if the restaurant has no stated policy requiring that patrons be asked their preference. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any area restricted by the provisions of this chapter. C. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable by: 4 1. A fine, not exceeding $100, for first violation; 2. A fine, not exceeding $200, for a second violation of this chapter within 1 year; 3. A fine, not exceeding $500, for each additional violation of this chapter within I year; Sec. 8.16.100 NON -RETALIATION. No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, or in any manner, retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant exercises any rights afforded by this chapter. Sec. 8.16. 110 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY COOPERATION. The City Manager shall annually request other governmental and educational agencies having facilities within the City to establish local operating procedures in cooperation and compliance with this chapter. The City Manager shall urge Federal, State, County and special school district agencies to enforce their existing smoking control regulations and to comply voluntarily with this chapter. 4 Sec. 8.16.120 OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to permit F smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws. - Sec. 8.16.130 SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances held to be unconstitutional or to be otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect other Ordinance provisions or clauses or applications thereof which can be implemented without the invalid provision or clause or application, and to this end the provisions and clauses of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. Sec. 8.16.140 EFFECTIVE DATE, This chapter shall be in force and take effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and approval. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi Nets Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi. -15- Approved this day of JOHN R. SNIDER Mayor Attest: ALICE M REWHE City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss. I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No.1488 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held May 16, 1990 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held by the following vote: Ayes: Council Members - Noes: Council Members - Absent: Council Members - Abstain: Council Members - 1 further certify that Ordinance No. 1488 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. Approved as to Form BOBBY W. McNATT City Attorney ORDSMOKI/TXTA.OIV -16- ALICE M. RE Aa E City Clerk 4 LDRAFT21 ORDINANCE NO. 1488 OPTION 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL RBa ATM OR PROHIBITING SMOKING III CER AV PUBLIC PLACES AND IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Title 8 - Health and Safety - is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 8.16 regarding the regulation of smoking, as follows: , SEC. 8.16.010 Findings and Purpose. SDC. 8.16.020 Definitions, SEC. 8.16.030 Regulation of smoking. SEC. 8.16.040 Regulation of smoking in places of employment. SEC. 8.16.050 Ability to declare any area as no smoking. SEC. 8.16.060 Posting of signs. SEC. 8.16.070 Violations and penalties. SEC. 8.16.080 Exemptions. SEC. 8.16.090 Other applicable laws. Sec. 8.16.010 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The Lodi City Council hereby finds that: Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a m%. or contributor to indoor air pollution; and Reliable studies have shown that breathing second-hand smoke is significant health hazard for certain population groups, including elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and -I- individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; and Health hazards induced by breathing second-hand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, spasm; and bronchoconstriction, and broncho - Nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing second-hand smoke may experience a loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; and Numerous studies have shown that a majority of both nonsmokers and smokers desire to have restrictions OR smoking on public places and places of employment. Smoking is a documented cause of fires; and cigarette and cicar burns and ash stains on merchandise and fixtures cause economic losses to businesses. Accordingly, the City Council finds and declares that the purposes of this ordinance are 1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places except in designated smoking areas; and by regulating smoking in places of employment; and 2) to strike a reasonable balance betareen the needs of smokers and the need of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air, and to recognize that, where these needs conflict, the need to breathe smoke-free air shall have priority. See. 8.16.020 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows: A. 'Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. Although a restaurant may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant dining area. 5. "Business" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profitmaking purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold, as well as professional corporations and other entities where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural or other professional services are provided. C. "Customer service ares" means any enclosed area of any business or public place covered hereunder to which customers or members of the public have access, including, but not limited to, hallways, waiting areas, lobbies or portions of a dining area not occupied by counters or tables. D. "Dining ares" means any enclosed area containing a counter and/or tables upon which food is served. E. "Employee" means any person who is employed by any employer in the consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit, and any person who volunteers his or her services for a nonprofit entity. Y• rt= F. "Employer" means any person, partnership, firm or corporation, including a municipal corporation or nonprofit entity, who? employes the services of five or more individual persons, exclusive of owners, partners, corporate officers or persons averaging fewer than twenty work -hours per week. Si p G. "Nonprofit entity" means any corporation, unincorporated association or other entity created for charitable, philanthropic, educational, character -building, political, social or other similar purposes, the net proceeds from the operations of which are committed to the promotion of the objects or purposes of the organization and not to private financial gain. A public agency is not a nonprofit entity within the meaning of this section. H "Place of employment" means any enclosed area under the control of a public or private employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including, but not limited to, work areas, employee i ounges , and restrooms , conference and classrooms, employees' cafeterias, hallways, and employer - furnished high -occupancy motor vehicles. "Place of employment" shall not include: -4- 1. A private residence, unless it is used as a licensed child care or health facility; or 2. The dining area of a restaurant. I, "Public place" means any enclosed area to which the public is invited or permitted, including but not limited to: 1. Banks; 2. Educational facilities; 3. Shopping malls; 4. Health facilities, including waiting rooms, hallways, wards, and semiprivate rooms of hospitals, clinics, physical therapy facilities; doctor's and dentist's offices; 5, Public transportation facilities including buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit under the jurisdiction of the City as well as enclosed ticket, boarding and waiting areas of public transit depots; 6. Reception areas, customer service areas, waiting rooms and lobbies, including theater lobbies; 7. Service lines; 8. Restaurants; S. Retail food production and marketing establishments; 10. Retail service establishments; 11. Retail stores; 12. Theaters which are enclosed; 13. All areas available to and customarily used by the general public in professional offices and buildings; 14. Restrooms; -5- r_ - z 21. Polling places. "Public place" shall not include a private residence unless it is used as a licensed child care or health care facility. 3. "Restaurant" means any enclosed coffee shop, cafeteria, luncheonette, tavern, cocktai 1 lounge, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private or public school cafeteria or eating establishment, and any other eating establishment, including any organization, club (including veterans' club), boardinghouse or guest house which gives or offers for sale food to the public, as well as kitchens in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere, including catering facilities. "Restaurant" 1.2 15. Elevators; lb. , Public places of exhibition such a§ d8ileries, JAHHO. and: museums; r 17,. Eh os sports facilities; 28. onvention 19.. Every room, chamber, place of meeting; or public assembly`..-. including 7schlool., buildings which are, under the control of any board, council, commission, committee, including joint co mittees or. agencies, of the Cityor ..any political subdivision of -the State*durin g such time as. a public meeting. is -in .progress, to the extent .that- such., place is .subject to the iuricdictinn of tho City - 20. Meetings to which the general public is invited; and 21. Polling places. "Public place" shall not include a private residence unless it is used as a licensed child care or health care facility. 3. "Restaurant" means any enclosed coffee shop, cafeteria, luncheonette, tavern, cocktai 1 lounge, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private or public school cafeteria or eating establishment, and any other eating establishment, including any organization, club (including veterans' club), boardinghouse or guest house which gives or offers for sale food to the public, as well as kitchens in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere, including catering facilities. "Restaurant" 1.2 K. "Retail tobacco store" means,a retail store utilized primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental. it L. "Service line" means any indoor line at which one or rnore persons 5 are waiting for or receiving services of any kind, whether or not 3 such service involves the exchange of money. M. "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind. N. "Sports facility" means enclosed sports pavilions, gymnasiums, health spas, boxing arenas, swimming pools, roller and ice rinks, bowling alleys, and other similar places where members of the general public assemble either to engage in physical exercise, participate in athletic competition or witness sports events. 0. "Theater" means any indoor auditorium, arena or other similar type structure which is used for the exhibition of motion pictures, plays, concerts, lectures or other similar situations in which an audience comes to view some type of performance. -7- Sec:`8.26.030► nEULLAU OF 946KW A. Except as provided. below, smo ing shall be prohibited in the following places 1. Public -places as %daf i n&AA n ubjection I of Section 8.16.020; 2. Elevators, whether or not open to the public; and 3. Restrooms whether or not open to the public. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, smoking shall be allowed in the following places: 1. Bars; 2. Retail tobacco stores; 3. Private residences, except why used as a licensed child care or health care facility; 4. Hotel and motel rooms; however, nothing herein prohibits the designation of certain rooms as "no -smoking" rooms; 5. Restaurant, hotel, motel, conference or other meeting rooms and public and private assembly rooms, when these places are being used for private functions; however, nothing herein prevents persons or entities in charge of such private functions from declaring the room or a designated portion thereof to be a "no -smoking" room for the duration of the private use; 6. In designated areas of reception areas, customer service areas, waiting rooms and lobbies, provided that: a. Separate waiting areas of equal size have been established for smokers and nonsmokers, or -8- _o M.: b. Al of such an area has been' least fifty, :p.ec%�i ,. designated as ."no smoking•;;` 7. Bed. space areas of semiprivate rooms, of health_ faci sties.:< ...n. where all patients within the room are--smokers and request in e -. writing upon .the health care facility's.admiss'ion formto be placed in a 'room where. smoking 1s permitted; } a. In designated areas of estaurtsq,�provided.that: a. A contiguous area containing at least fifty percent :;off the v. has :been designated-,.as "no smoking", ; ... ... eating c� _ .apaci ` . ....... or h Separate rooms are provided for smokets and nonsmokers so long as the rooms designated for smoking do no� contain more than fifty percent of the total seating capacity of the restaurant, or in any restaurant which has an aggregate dining area and customer service area of less than one thousand square feet; 9. In designated smoking areas in any other public place that is separate from the main place and will not infringe on the rights of nonsmokers who have corm to use a public place for its primary purpose; and 10. In any bank, shopping mall, retail food production and marketing establishment, retail service establishment or retail store having a customer service area of less than one thousand square feet of gross floor area. _o -10- D. All employers shall provide a copy of the smoking policy upon request to any prospective or present employee. Sec. 8.16.050 ABILITY TO DECLARE ANY AREA AS "NO SMOKING". Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing herein prohibits any owner, employer, operator, manager, association, common interest development, or other person who controls any place, whether regulated by this chapter or not, from declaring that entire place as a "no -smoking" area. Sec. 8.16.060 POSTING OF SIGNS. A. "Smoking" or "No Smoking" signs, whichever is appropriate, shall be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted in every building or -11- C. Every restaurant shall have posted at every public entrance a conspicuous sign clearly stating the. smoking policy of the est abl i shment . Sec. 8.16.070 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. A. It is unlawful for .any person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to regulation under this chapter to fail to comply with any of its provisions. B. It is unlawful for any person to smoke in any area where smoking is prohibited by the provisions of this chapter. C. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction. -12- smoking where it is otherwise restricted or prohibited by other applicable laws. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi hews Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and after its passage and approval. -13- -16 080 ;`'EMPTIONS r A. Any. owner,. operator or manager ofa business or, other establishment: subject to thi5:: chapter may apply to theCity' for an exemption to`: anyprovision hereof due" to `unusual circumstances,,. :conditions. Exemptions may be granted on a showing of financial impracticability 0 physical/structural infeasibility. B. Such exempticn may be granted only if the City Anager finds; from the evidence presented by the applicant that it is financially' impracticable or physicaly/structurally-infeasible. lwith, this chapter. Sec. 8.16.090 OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to permit smoking where it is otherwise restricted or prohibited by other applicable laws. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi hews Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and after its passage and approval. -13- I further certify that Ordinance No. 1488 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk Approved a s to Form t BOBBY W. McNATT City Attorney ORDSMOK2/TXTA.OIV -14- ti Approved Lhis day of.: r 2 Wip jUHN.IR... SNIDER.I: May Attest: ALICE. M. REIMCHE R , City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss: I, Alice M. Reimche, City. Clerk of the City nf i ndi _ do .h@rebv certif% } that Ordinance No.1488 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held N* 16, 1990 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered Council held to print at a regular meeting of said by the following vote: Ayes: Council Members - Noes: Council Members - Absent: Council Members - Abstain: Council Members - I further certify that Ordinance No. 1488 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk Approved a s to Form t BOBBY W. McNATT City Attorney ORDSMOK2/TXTA.OIV -14- SEC. 8.16.090 Violations and Penalties SEC. 8.16.100 Non -retaliation SEC. 8.16.110 Governmental Agency Cooperation SEC. 8.16.120 Other Applicable Laws SEC. 8.16.130 Severability SEC. 8.16.140 Effective Date ORDINANCENO. 1488 0 PTI 0 N`-` AN ORDINANCE ;OF THE LODI CITY_ COUNCIL REGULATING OR-PROHIBITING: SMOKING `IN'CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES AND . IN PLACES OF'�EMPLOYNiENT ' BE IT ORDAINED BY "THE. LODI.CITY COUNCIL. AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 Lodi Municipal Code 'Title 8 - :Health and 'Safety - is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 8.16 regarding-the regulation of _:. smoking, as follows. ' SEC. 8.16.010 Title. s SEC. 8.16.020 Findings and Purpose SEC. 8.15.030 Definitions SEC. 8.16.040 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places SEC. 8.16.060 Regulation of Smoking in Places of Employment SEC. 8.16.060 Where Smoking Not Regulated SEC. 8.16.070 Posting of Signs SEC. 8.16.090 Enforcement SEC. 8.16.090 Violations and Penalties SEC. 8.16.100 Non -retaliation SEC. 8.16.110 Governmental Agency Cooperation SEC. 8.16.120 Other Applicable Laws SEC. 8.16.130 Severability SEC. 8.16.140 Effective Date lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction, and broncho- spasm; and Nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing second-hand smoke may experience a loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; and Numercus studies have shown that a majority of both nonsmokers and smokers desire to have restrictions on smoking on public places and places of employment. -2- 1. "Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. 2 "Business" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold as well as professional corporations and other entities where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other professional services are delivered. -3- Smoking is a documented cause of fires; and cigarette and cigar burns and ash stains on merchandise and fixtures cause economic losses to businesses. Accordingly, -the City. :Council finds and declares that: the .ems pur oses .of this ;ordinance are.= p p 1) to 4 protect the, public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in specified public places by regulating smoking inplaces,of employment; and.:2) to strike a reasonable balance between the needs' of smokers and the need of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air, and to recognize that, where these, needs `confIict, the need to breathe smoke-free air shall have priority. See. 8.16.030 DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases, a whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section: 1. "Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. 2 "Business" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold as well as professional corporations and other entities where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other professional services are delivered. -3- promotion of the objects or purposes of the organization and not to private financial gain. A public t agency is not a "nonprofit entity" within the meaning TVI 3. "Dining .Area" means any enclosed area ,containing:a counter or tables 'upon which meals are served.; 4.- "Em 1p ee" means an x p Y y person who is employed by any empioyer�n consideratioh-for direct or indirect monetary wages or:"profit; r and any person who volunteers his or -her services. for a nonprofit entity..., 5. "Employer" means any person, partners p, corpora tion,__,or.; nonprofit entity, including a municipal corporation, who emp:oys the services of one or more persons. ` 6_ Enclased means closed in,. by roof .and four walls with appropriate openings for ingress and egress. } 7. "Nonprofit Entity" means any corporation, unincorporated association, or other entity created for charitable, educational, political, social, or other similar purposes, the net proceeds from the operations of which are committed to the promotion of the objects or purposes of the organization and not to private financial gain. A public t agency is not a "nonprofit entity" within the meaning of this section. 8. "Place of Employment" means any enclosed area under the control of a public or private employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including but not limited to, work areas, employee lounges, and -4- w uacu as a WI 1 I u bat a, us a rrra r LivLar C ► a� ► ► e �,y. _ - a--.,�-. x= b.' . The dining area of a restaurant s :not a "plac2: - of _... .. employments. 9:: "Publ�c`Place" means�ahy enclosed area -to which the public -"is invited or in which the public is permitted, jncludingSut not limited. to: banks, educational fad 7ities health facilities, public transportation fay►pities, reception areas,_. restaurants" retail food productiow and marketing y; establishments- r__" theaters, and w-4*-^^ „^^^ 10. "Restaurant" means any coffee shop, cafeteria, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private or public school cafeteria, and, any other eating establishment, organization, club, boardinghouse, or guesthouse, which gives or offers food for sale to the public, guests, patrons, or employees, except that the term "restaurant" shall not include a cocktail lounge or tavern if said cocktail lounge or tavern is a "bar" as defined in Section 8.16.030 (1). -5- wns.., ... ..... ..,.. .. :,.,•.', R.=<*F NhiYr ,q., v.:.:w^c <wy(,, <;.a — _ Y f 11. "Retail Tobacco Store"> means a retail store uti]'ized primer�ly for the sale of tobacco products and accessories. F 12: "Service Line" means 'any indoor line at -: which t, persons are wai ung for be receiving service of any kind,`: whether, or not such service^includes the exchange of money.' 13. "Smoking" means :inhaling., exhaling,"burning, or carr in .an , lighted pipe, cigar, :or cig_rette of any kind. 14. S " ports A P . rena" means` s orts Pavilions, gymnasiums, health: ;. spas, boxing arenas, swimming - pools roller and .:ice rinks,. bowling alleys and other similar places where, members of. the.. public assemble to engage in physical exercise, participate in athletic competition, or witness sports events. Sec 8.16.040` PROHIBMON OF SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed p4 l i c places within the City, including, but not limited to the following places: 1. Elevators and restrooms. 2. Buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit under the authority of the City, and in ticket, boarding, and waiting areas of public transit depots. 3. Service lines. nnmun or for exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when smoking is part of any such production. 9. Enclosed sports arenas and convention halls. 10. Every roan, chamber, and place of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings under the c3ntrol of any board, council , commission, committee, or agencies of the City or any political subdivision of the State during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the jurisdiction of the City. -7- A Retail st ,u :ores, except areas in said stores not open to the pub is aril all ar.& th stores. _ 4 ^ 5.Retail food awrket�ng establishments, including grocerystores"" ujks. i and supermarkets, ekcepttthose areas not open3to the public; which may be otherwise regulated by'th�s chapter. . t :Al 1, areas. available: to and customarilyused by the genera] public in. all businesses «and nonprofit entities Patromied by the public, including, but not limited ito, business offices.;. banks, hotels and motels. 70 Restaurants. 8. Any building not open to the sky which is used primarily as a nnmun or for exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when smoking is part of any such production. 9. Enclosed sports arenas and convention halls. 10. Every roan, chamber, and place of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings under the c3ntrol of any board, council , commission, committee, or agencies of the City or any political subdivision of the State during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the jurisdiction of the City. -7- this chapter, the owner or person who controls such establishment may, but is not. required to set aside in any facility described in this section, a separate room with walls and doors reasonably impermeable to tobacco smoke for use as an employee lounge or break room. and re s trooms. 3. Provision and maintenance of separate and contiguous nonsmoking areas of not less than fifty percent of the seating capacity and floor space in cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee lounges or provision and maintenance of separate and equal -sized cafeterias, lunchrooms and employee lounges for smokers and nonsmokers. ME 1. Bars. r 2. Private residences, except when used as a child care or a health care facility. i i 3. Hotel and motel roonis rented to guests. 'r 4. Retail tobacco stores. -10- f C. The smoking"',` '061icy shall be communicated to -,all within= i r : threeweeks of.Ais d ption. aA 0 � ' '"' -". -. .'\ a1: -.k 3�„ `� � ). :J �'• ( reit fl� D. All employers shall supply a written copy of the smoking policy to any prospective employee. � m E. Notwithstanding any other .,; provisions of this. section, every employer shala have the, right to designate any place of employment, or any porton thereof, as a nonsmoking area.,= o. Sec. 8.16.060 WERE 'SMOKING NOT REGULATED. A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking; restrictions of this chapter: 1. Bars. r 2. Private residences, except when used as a child care or a health care facility. i i 3. Hotel and motel roonis rented to guests. 'r 4. Retail tobacco stores. -10- �.. 'max'`.'-' assembly these7pIaces�are.�being �� s public and private rooms while at ? a used for private functions. �. . ,. 6. ' A private: enclosed place occupied exclusively by smokers, L, z ,even though such &place:may be visited by nonsmokers. B: Notwithstanding any- other provision ofhis section, :any owner, _ .: operator, manager;_.or other Person who controls any estabi�shment described �n this,sectiori may ;declare that entire estabiishmenL: . any, portion. thereof, as a. nonsmoking establishment. Sec.. 8.16'.070 POSTING OF SIGNS. A. "Smoking" or "No Smoking" signs, whichever are appropriate, with j :.letters of not less than 1" in height or the international "No Smoking" symbol (consisting. of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across �. it) shall be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted in f every building or other place where smoldng is controlled by this c chapter, by the owner, operator, manager or other person having } control of such building or other place. & Every theater owner, manager or operator shall conspicuously post z signs in the lobby stating that smoldng is prohibited within the 2 -11- D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a private,. citizen may bring legal action to enforce this chapter. Sec.. 8.16.090 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. A. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to the regulation under this chapter to fail to comply with its provi s ions . -12- u. iz snai i ue un�awtu� dorany person to smoke in area restricted .any, by the provjsions of this chapter. r 4 C. Any, person who violates `an y provision of this chapter ;,shall=be : guilty of an infraction, punishable by. , :. 1. A fine, not,'exceeding $�00,-for first violation,, 2.. A 'fi-ne, not exceeding $200, for a violation. of ,second wi the n 1.. years _ ... 777 3. A fine, not exceeding $500, for: each additional violation of ...this chapter within 1 year; Sec. 8.16.100 NU*REDLIATIGN No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, or in any manner, retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant exercises any rights afforded by this chapter. Sec. 8.16.110 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY CJOOPERATUN.. The City Manager shall annually request other governmental and educational agencies having facilities within the City to establish local operating procedures in cooperation and compliance with this chapter. The City Manager shall urge Federal, State, County and special school district agencies to enforce their existing smoking -13- This chapter: shall not be interpreted or construed to perms 1 ,cr h p , smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable_laws:. Sec. 8:26:230 SEVERABILITY. If 'provision `or cYause of this Ordnance or the application .any .. thereof to any person.: or circumstances held to. be unconstitutional o be otherwise invalid b , an p fiction, such y y ::court ; of can pe �ur�sd =} invalidity shall not affect other Ordinance -provisions or.ciauses.or applications thereof which can be implemented without the invalid provision or clause or application, and to this end the provisions and clauses of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. Sec. 8.15.140 EFFECTIVE DATE. This chapter shall be in force and take effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and approval. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. -14- .ITY 1.1erR Absent: Council Nkmben - Abstain: Council Nkn bas I further certify that Ordinance No. 1488 was approved and signed by the NbM r on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to taw. Approved as to Form BOBBY W. McNATT City Attorney ORD1488.(3)/TXTA.0IV -15- ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk E �W 612 'E:' Kettlerru loth; G `209/3 smoking section, it requires far greater maintenance, repairs and upkeep by far as well as acceptance of a slower "turnover rate". These points may be minor in comparison to all of the well known health issues, but they are noteworthy. I feel morally wrong in requiring employees to work in a smoke filled room, but frankly have no choice. Dear Council Members, I would like to strongly encourage you to have the courage, wisdom and foresight to (page I) INN , d r K K t +r 'will, ` Ft' do now what with certainty, happen in 'the future anyway:. Let us make the state andthe'.nation sit up `and< take note of Lodi, ..California: 4 �" If such a ''-no smoking" ordinance is enacted, 5A , a lied:evenl and:strictl yenf orced no business will suffer ill effects:. However, :many countless individuals " w may be 'spared them! W 1 .. '.. Most sincerely, w M William A. Rude General Manager cc: David Hinchman Fred Reid Evelyn Olson Jim Pinketton OUNCIL` Ra�+d SNIDER Ma YI v« CIfiY O� I:OD2I? M. NINCNMAN " x t Pro Ten+po►e CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET I M. OLSON CAIL EIOX 3006 W PINKERTON. Jr. LODI ,-6LIFORNIk 95241 1910 I: REID (2093 334 St:34 TEIEC16h4.009)3334795 , z April 24, 1990 F Phillip; Ross, M.D. A Professional Corporation _755..South Fairmont; -- _; - Lodi , . CA .95240 ... Dear, Dr. Ross: This letter .is -to inform .you -that the Smoking; Ordih nce which was originally scheduled ao be on the May 2, ;1990 regular Ctty Council: meeting has been changed. The City Attorney will. be out of town at the League of: California Cities City, Attorney's. Conference during the May' 2' 1990 City Council meeting. The Mayor and ".the City Manager feel_ hat he should be at the meeting for the discussion of thisimportantand controversial item. x Therefore, the Smoking Ordinance is now scheduled to be on the May 16, 1990 regular City Council meeting. An agenda will be sent to you the to the week beTore the meeting. W hope that you will be able attend meeting that evening. If you have any further questions, please contact our office. Very truly yours, ��/11/1Il...��} }�Q�1J�,(/✓,,� ni fer . Perri n Deputy City Clerk AMR/jmp AMR/imp Di ­meez7ng;ane ::Mayor ,,-ana, we uity manager, Teei :-war-ne 'snouiO, -W at tine ;meeting-forthe discussion.:of-this important And,.:controvers" :Therefore, the Smoking:.' Ordinance is now schedule&. to,_be on the" May.. 16 .1990 :regular City'Council 'meeting. An agenda wi I I be 'sent to you the week before the meeti ng. We hope that you wi I I . be able . to: attend the meeting that evening. I f you have any further questions, please contact our office. Very truly yours, nnifer M. Perrin eputy City Clerk AMR/imp v A THOMAS A.PETERSOWi,;:� it* Manaser (Ran' JOHNA00 MM OMavo'r;�':_. OF L01 HINC tip It( CCk Ma1�or Pro Tempc"Y.-HALL. 221WEST S! PIkU STREET `.EVELYti M OLSON BOX 3006 608 M cNATT_ Jr. CAIi LODt, CAttEORNtA 1910 City Attorney (209). TELEC0PItR:(209)3334 S­�% x.. April 24, Di ­meez7ng;ane ::Mayor ,,-ana, we uity manager, Teei :-war-ne 'snouiO, -W at tine ;meeting-forthe discussion.:of-this important And,.:controvers" :Therefore, the Smoking:.' Ordinance is now schedule&. to,_be on the" May.. 16 .1990 :regular City'Council 'meeting. An agenda wi I I be 'sent to you the week before the meeti ng. We hope that you wi I I . be able . to: attend the meeting that evening. I f you have any further questions, please contact our office. Very truly yours, nnifer M. Perrin eputy City Clerk AMR/imp On the Alcohol Tax initiative, 1 commend you again for not taking a position without hearing both sides of that issue, again demonstrating the quality and the integrity of your office. Christian Community Concerns is proud of you as our elected officials, and stand ready to support you faithfully with our prayers, our speech, and our actions. I, personally pray for each one of you by name daily, asking God to give you His wisdom in dealing with the complex problems you face for the sake of the people of Lodi. May Cod's blessing be upon you. Sincerely, X -,— Ken Owen Director P.0. Box 367 0 Lodi, California 0 9524 P e n c o u r a v e y o u to t c a z E , w ;. s d on, a n d f o r e S git t Il - REPRODU-,O � � N - OF. 11 UIS .CANNOT TWI rl� j EGINAL., ,kD ION m Y. concern; ho w e v e r is, tne remaining SMOK ing sectson which ve are obI ig ed toe e p strictly i q,tj y _fio r competitive i reason. I would like to b r g, t o your atte n.t'ion,. issues.: that d 0 not .have 6 -db.,, w - t h those heal th . To of 'a, smo; ing section, it requires far greater maintenance, repairi and-.- upkeep by far as wi: 7 of acceptance of a slower "turnover ra t `These e v n s r-, a v e nor in comparison to all of t h e weir known he::h ___-Tesmut they arc- noteworthy. I feel r r e q u n,g e w. p 1 o v e c s t c work n a s7.1 1 e f ed frank y have no c h c, c e Dear Ccs.. 1 7. 'D I would I ike to st rongIN e n c o u r a v e y o u to t c a z E , w ;. s d on, a n d f o r e S git t Il - REPRODU-,O � � N - OF. 11 UIS .CANNOT TWI rl� j EGINAL., ,kD ION „0aM.,k.rn2A?-'fir- k R:STAURANTS x9.5 -vats it 4u`Y mh at a xz a a {