ORDINANCE NO. ______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 17 (HEALTH AND SANITATION)
OF THE
SOUTH PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE WITH ADDITION
OF
ARTICLE VIII (SMOKE-FREE HOUSING) RELATING TO
THE
REGULATION OF SMOKING IN AND AROUND
MULTI-UNIT RESIDENCES
WHEREAS,
tobacco use causes death and disease and
continues to be an urgent public health threat,
as evidenced by the following:
·
Tobacco-related
illness is the leading cause of preventable
death in the United States,
accounting for about 443,000 deaths each
year;
·
Scientific studies
have concluded that tobacco use can cause
chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease,
and stroke, in addition to cancer of the lungs,
larynx, esophagus, and mouth;
·
Some of the most
common types of cancers, including stomach,
liver, uterine cervix, and kidney cancers, are
related to tobacco use; and
WHEREAS,
secondhand smoke
has been repeatedly identified as a health
hazard, as evidenced by the following:
·
The U.S. Surgeon
General concluded that there is no risk-free
level of exposure to secondhand smoke;
·
The California Air Resources Board placed secondhand smoke in the
same category as the most toxic automotive and
industrial air pollutants by categorizing it as
a toxic air contaminant for which there is no
safe level of exposure;
·
The California Environmental Protection Agency
included secondhand smoke on the Proposition 65
list of chemicals known to the state of
California to cause cancer, birth defects, and
other reproductive harm; and
WHEREAS, exposure to secondhand smoke causes
death and disease, as evidenced by the
following:
·
Secondhand smoke is
responsible for as many as 73,000 deaths among
nonsmokers each year in the United States;
·
Exposure to secondhand
smoke increases the risk of coronary heart
disease by approximately thirty (30) percent;
·
Secondhand smoke
exposure causes lower respiratory tract
infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis in
as many as 300,000 children in the United States
under the age of 18 months each year; and
exacerbates childhood asthma; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration conducted laboratory analysis of
electronic cigarette samples and found they
contained carcinogens and toxic chemicals to
which users and bystanders could potentially be
exposed; and
WHEREAS,
tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke
impose great economic costs, as evidenced by the
following:
·
The total annual
economic burden of smoking in the United States
is $193 billion;
·
From 2001-2004, the
average annual health care expenditures
attributable to smoking were approximately $96
billion;
·
The medical and other
costs to nonsmokers due to exposure to
secondhand smoke were estimated at over $10
billion per year in the United States in 2005;
and
·
The total annual cost
of smoking in California was estimated at $475
per resident or $3,331 per smoker per year, for
a total of nearly $15.8 billion in
smoking-related costs in 1999 alone;
·
California’s Tobacco
Control Program saved the state and its
residents $86 billion in health care
expenditures between the year of its inception,
1989, and 2004, with savings growing yearly; and
WHEREAS,
smoking is the primary cause of fire-related
injuries and deaths in the home, as evidenced by
the following:
·
Cigarettes,
cigars, pipes and other smoking materials are
the leading cause of fire deaths in the United
States, causing an estimated 142,900
smoking-related fires, 780 deaths, 1,600
injuries, and $606 million in direct property
damage in 2006;
·
One in four
fatalities from home fires caused by smoking is
not the smoker whose cigarette started the fire,
and 25% of those deaths were of neighbors or
friends of the smoker;
·
Smoking in a
residence where long-term oxygen therapy takes
place is very dangerous as oxygen is a fire
accelerant, and 27% of fatalities due to smoking
during long-term oxygen therapy occurred in
multi-family dwellings;
·
The United States
Fire Administration recommends that people smoke
outdoors; and
WHEREAS,
nonsmokers who live in multi-unit dwellings can
be exposed to neighbors’ secondhand smoke, as
evidenced by the following:
·
Secondhand smoke can
seep under doorways and through wall cracks;
·
Persons living in
apartments near smokers can be exposed to
elevated pollution levels for 24 hours a day,
and at times, the particulate matter exposure
can exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s 24-Hour Health Based Standard;
·
The Surgeon
General has concluded that eliminating smoking
in indoor spaces is the only way to fully
protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke
exposure and that separating smokers from
nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating
buildings cannot completely prevent secondhand
smoke exposure; and
WHEREAS,
most Californians do not smoke and a majority
favor limitations on smoking in multi-unit
residences, as evidenced by the following:
·
Nearly 87% of
Californians and 91% of California women are
nonsmokers;
·
74% of Californians
surveyed approve of apartment complexes
requiring at least half of rental units be
nonsmoking;
·
69% of Californians
surveyed favor limiting smoking in outdoor
common areas of apartment buildings and 78%
support laws that create nonsmoking units;
·
62% of California
renters feel that there is a need for laws to
limit smoking in apartments; and
WHEREAS,
a local ordinance that authorizes residential
rental agreements to include a prohibition on
smoking of tobacco products within multi-unit
residences is not prohibited by California law;
and
WHEREAS,
there is no Constitutional right to smoke; and
WHEREAS,
California law
prohibits smoking in virtually all indoor places
of employment reflecting the state policy to
protect against the dangers of exposure to
secondhand smoke;
and
WHEREAS,
California law
declares that anything which is injurious to
health or obstructs the free use of property, so
as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment
of life or property, is a nuisance; and
WHEREAS,
local governments have broad latitude to declare
nuisances and are not constrained by prior
definitions of nuisance; and
NOW
THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
PASADENA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
17 (Health and Sanitation) of the South Pasadena
Municipal Code is hereby amended with the
following Article VIII (Smoke Free Housing):
ARTICLE VIII
SMOKE-FREE HOUSING
17.80
Purpose.
It is the
intent of the City Council of South Pasadena in
enacting this Article, to provide for the public
health, safety, and welfare by discouraging the
inherently dangerous behavior of smoking around
non-tobacco users; by protecting children from
exposure to smoking where they live and play;
and by protecting the public from nonconsensual
exposure to secondhand smoke in and around their
homes.
17.81
Definitions.
For the purposes of
this article the following definitions shall
govern unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
(a)
“Adjacent
Property” means any Unenclosed Area of property,
publicly or privately owned, that abuts a
Multi-Unit Residence but does not include
property containing detached single-family
homes.
(b) “Common Area”
means every Enclosed Area or Unenclosed Area of
a Multi-Unit Residence that residents of more
than one Unit of that Multi-Unit Residence are
entitled to enter or use, including, for
example, halls and paths, lobbies and
courtyards, elevators and stairs, community
rooms and playgrounds, gym facilities and
swimming pools, parking garages and parking
lots, shared restrooms, shared laundry rooms,
shared cooking areas, and shared eating areas.
(c) “Common
Interest Complex/Mix-Use” means a Multi-Unit
Residence that is a condominium project,
a community apartment project, a stock
cooperative, or a planned development as defined
by California Civil Code section 1351.
(d) “Enclosed Area” means an area in which
outside air cannot circulate freely to all parts
of the area, and includes an area that has:
(1) any type of overhead cover whether or not
that cover includes vents or other openings and
at least three (3) walls or other vertical
boundaries of any height whether or not those
boundaries include vents or other openings; or
(2) four (4) walls or other vertical boundaries
that exceed six (6) feet in height whether or
not those boundaries include vents or other
openings.
(e) “Landlord”
means any Person who owns property let for
residential use, any Person who lets residential
property, and any Person who manages such
property, except that “Landlord” does not
include a master tenant who sublets a Unit as
long as the master tenant sublets only a single
Unit of a Multi-Unit Residence.
(f) “Multi-Unit
Residence” means property containing
two (2) or more
Units, except the following specifically
excluded types of housing:
(1) a hotel or motel that meets the requirements
set forth in California Civil Code section
1940(b)(2);
(2) a mobile home park;
(3) a campground;
(4) a marina or port;
(5) a single-family home;
(6) a single-family home with a detached or
attached in-law or second unit when permitted
pursuant to California Government Code sections
65852.1, 65852.150, 65852.2 or an ordinance of
the City adopted pursuant to those sections.
(g) “New Unit”
means a Unit that is issued a Certificate of
Occupancy or passes final inspection more than
180 days after September 4, 2010 and also means
a Unit that is let for residential use for the
first time more than 180 days after September 4,
2010.
(h) “Nonsmoking
Area” means any Enclosed Area or Unenclosed Area
of a Multi-Unit Residence in which Smoking is
prohibited by: (1) this
article
or other law; (2) by binding agreement relating
to the ownership, occupancy, or use of real
property; or (3) by designation of a Person with
legal control over the area.
In the case of a Smoking prohibition
established only by private agreement or
designation and not by this
article
or other law, it shall not be a violation of
this article
for a Person to engage in Smoking or to allow
Smoking in that area unless: (1) the Person
knows that Smoking is not permitted; or (2) a
reasonable Person would know that Smoking is not
permitted.
(i) “Person”
means any natural person, partnership,
cooperative association, corporation, personal
representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or
any other legal entity including government
agencies.
(j) “Rental
Complex” means a Multi-Unit Residence for which
fifty percent (50%) or more of Units are let by
or on behalf of the same Landlord.
(k) “Smoke” means
the gases, particles, or vapors released into
the air as a result of combustion, electrical
ignition or vaporization, when the apparent or
usual purpose of the combustion, electrical
ignition or vaporization is human inhalation of
the byproducts, except when the combusting or
vaporizing material contains no tobacco or
nicotine and the purpose of inhalation is solely
olfactory, such as, for example, smoke from
incense. The term “Smoke” includes, but is not
limited to, tobacco smoke, electronic cigarette
vapors, marijuana smoke, and crack cocaine
smoke.
(l) “Smoking”
means engaging in an act that generates smoke,
such as, for example: possessing a lighted pipe,
a lighted hookah pipe, a lighted cigar, an
operating electronic cigarette or a lighted
cigarette of any kind; or lighting or igniting a
pipe, a hookah pipe, a cigar, or a cigarette of
any kind.
(m) “Unenclosed
Area” means any area that is not an Enclosed
Area.
(n) “Unit” means
a personal dwelling space, even where lacking
cooking facilities or private plumbing
facilities, and includes any associated
exclusive-use Enclosed Area or Unenclosed Area,
such as, for example, a private balcony, porch,
deck, or patio. “Unit” includes without
limitation: an apartment; a condominium; a
townhouse; a room in a long-term health care
facility, assisted living facility, or hospital;
a room in a single room occupancy (“SRO”)
facility; a room in a homeless shelter; a mobile
home; a camper vehicle or tent; a single-family
home; and an in-law or second unit. Unit
includes a New Unit.
17.82
Smoking prohibited in common areas.
(a) Smoking is
prohibited in all Common Areas pursuant to
Section 17.90
except that a Person with legal control over a
Common Area, such as, for example, a Landlord or
homeowners’ association, may designate a portion
of the Common Area as a designated Smoking Area
provided that at all times the designated
Smoking area complies with paragraph (b) below.
(b) A designated
Smoking Area:
(1) Must be an Unenclosed Area.
(2) Must be located at least twenty-five (25)
feet from any Enclosed Area that is a Nonsmoking
Area.
A Person with legal control over a Common
Area in which a designated Smoking Area has been
designated shall modify, relocate or eliminate
that designated Smoking Area so as to maintain
compliance with the requirements of this
subsection (b) as laws change, as binding
agreements are created, and as Nonsmoking Areas
on neighboring property are established.
(3) Must be at least twenty-five (25) feet from
Unenclosed Areas primarily used by children and
Unenclosed Areas with improvements that
facilitate physical activity including, for
example, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming
pools, and school campuses.
(4) Must be no more than ten percent (10%) of
the total Unenclosed Area of the Multi-Unit
Residence for which it is designated.
(5) Must have a clearly marked perimeter.
(6) Must be identified by conspicuous signs.
(c) No Person
with legal control over a Common Area in which
Smoking is prohibited by this
article
or other law shall knowingly permit the presence
of ash trays, ash cans, or other receptacles
designed for or primarily used for disposal of
smoking waste within the area.
(d) Clear and unambiguous “No Smoking” signs shall be posted in
sufficient numbers and locations to make Common
Areas where smoking is prohibited by this
article
or other law obvious
to a reasonable person.
The “No Smoking” sign template shall have
letters of no less than one inch in height and
contain 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) on a contrasting
background.
Such signs shall be maintained by the
Person or Persons with legal control over the
Common Areas.
The absence of signs shall not be a
defense to a violation of any provision of this
article.
17.83
Nonsmoking buffer zones.
(a) Smoking is
prohibited in Unenclosed Areas of Multi-Unit
Residence, including balconies, porches, decks,
and patios, within twenty-five (25) feet in any
direction of any doorway, window, opening, or
other vent into an Enclosed Area that is a
Nonsmoking Area.
(b) Smoking is
prohibited in Unenclosed Areas of Adjacent
Property within twenty-five (25) feet in any
direction of any doorway, window, opening, or
other vent into an Enclosed Area that is a
Nonsmoking Area.
(c) Subsections
(a) and (b) above do not apply to a Person who
is Smoking in the restricted buffer zone area
for less than a minute while actively passing on
the way to another destination, and who does not
enter the buffer zone area while Smoking more
than twice per day.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
article
Smoking is prohibited in all exclusive-use
Unenclosed Areas associated with a Unit, such
as, for example, a private balcony, porch, deck,
or patio.
17.84
Smoking restrictions in new units of
multi-unit residences.
(a) All New Units
of a Multi-Unit Residence are hereby designated
nonsmoking Units, including any associated
exclusive-use Enclosed Areas or Unenclosed
Areas, such as, for example, a private balcony,
porch, deck, or patio; and including without
limitation New Units in a Rental Complex and New
Units in a Common Interest Complex/Mix-Use.
(b) Smoking in a
designated nonsmoking Unit is a violation of
this article
as provided in Section
17.90.
17.85
Nonsmoking designations for existing
units of a common interest complex/mix-use.
(a) All Units of
a Common Interest Complex/Mix-Use that are not
New Units, including any associated
exclusive-use Enclosed Areas or Unenclosed
Areas, such as, for example, a private balcony,
porch, deck, or patio, are hereby designated
nonsmoking Units as of September 4, 2013;
provided, however, that a lesser percentage of
Units may be designated nonsmoking Units if a
Common Interest Complex/Mix-Use fully complies
with subsection (c) below.
(b) Smoking in a
designated nonsmoking Unit is a violation of
this article
as provided in Section
17.90.
(c) By a vote of
the membership as provided in subsection (1)
below, a Common Interest Complex/Mix-Use may
choose to designate fewer than one-hundred
percent (100%) of existing Units as nonsmoking
Units by fully complying with the requirements
stated in subsections (1) - (4) below. Otherwise
subsection (a) above shall apply.
(1) A vote by the membership on the threshold
question of allowing less than one hundred
percent (100%) of Units to be designated
nonsmoking Units must take place before June 1,
2013.
(2) Up to one hundred percent (100%), but no
less than eighty percent (80%) , of Units that
are not New Units, including, for example, any
associated exclusive-use Enclosed Areas or
Unenclosed Areas, such as, for example, a
private balcony, porch, deck, or patio, shall be
permanently designated as nonsmoking Units.
(3) Where possible, best efforts shall be made
to group nonsmoking Units together, both
horizontally and vertically, and physically
separate them from Units where Smoking may be
allowed.
(4) In the event of a change of owner or
lease/rental tenant in a designated smoking Unit
in the Common Interest Complex/Mix-Use, the Unit
and any associated exclusive-use Enclosed Areas
or Unenclosed Areas shall then be designated as
a nonsmoking Unit in order to meet the
percentage designation or for grouping of Units.
(5) No later than September 4, 2013 the final
designations must be made and the following must
be made available for City Inspection in
accordance with Section
17.91:
(i) a description of each designated nonsmoking
Unit sufficient to readily identify the Unit;
and
(ii) a diagram depicting the location of the
designated nonsmoking Units in relation to all
other Units.
17.86
Nonsmoking designations for existing
units of a rental complex.
(a) All Units of
a Rental Complex that are not New Units,
including any associated exclusive-use Enclosed
Areas or Unenclosed Areas, such as, for example,
a private balcony, porch, deck, or patio, are
hereby designated nonsmoking Units as of January
4, 2013; provided, however, that a lesser
percentage of Units may be designated nonsmoking
Units if a Landlord fully complies with
subsection (d) below.
(b) Smoking in a
designated nonsmoking Unit is a violation of
this article
as provided in Section
17.90.
(c) Except if a
Landlord fully complies with subsection (d)
below, at least sixty (60) days before January
4, 2013, the Landlord shall provide each tenant
with:
(1) a written notice clearly stating that all
Units, including the tenant’s Unit, are
designated nonsmoking Units and that Smoking in
a Unit will be illegal as of
17.90 (c), and
(2) a copy of this
article.
(d) A Landlord
may choose to designate fewer than one-hundred
percent (100%) of existing Units that are not
New Units of a Rental Complex as nonsmoking
Units by fully complying with the requirements
stated in subsections (1) - (7) below. However,
subsection (a) above shall apply whenever a
Landlord takes no action or only partially
complies with the requirements of this
subsection.
17.87
Designation of
nonsmoking units.
The
following timeline will be observed in
designating nonsmoking units:
(a)
On or before
November 4, 2012 the Landlord must notify
tenants of proposed designation of nonsmoking
units.
(b)
On or before
December 4, 2012, the Landlord must notify
tenants of final designation of nonsmoking
units.
(c)
On or before
January 4, 2013, the Landlord must have on file
and make available for inspection by City Staff
designation documents.
(d)
On Sept. 4, 2013,
it shall be unlawful to smoke in a nonsmoking
unit.
(1) The Landlord shall permanently designate up
to one hundred percent (100%) of Units, but no
less than eighty percent (80%) of Units,
including, for example, any associated
exclusive-use Enclosed Areas or Unenclosed
Areas, such as, for example, a private balcony,
porch, deck, or patio, as nonsmoking Units by
the Landlord.
(2) To the maximum extent practicable,
nonsmoking Units must be grouped together both
horizontally and vertically and physically
separated from Units where Smoking may be
allowed.
Where possible all Units where Smoking
may be allowed shall be in a single building of
a multi-building Multi-Unit Residence.
(3) No later than January 4, 2013 a Landlord who
chooses to designate fewer than 100% of the
Units of a Multi-Unit Residences as nonsmoking
shall have available for City Inspection the
following in accordance with Section
17.91:
(i) a description of each designated nonsmoking
Unit sufficient to identify the Unit; and
(ii) a diagram depicting the location of the
designated nonsmoking Units in relation to all
other Units.
(4) At least sixty (60) days before preparing
the nonsmoking Unit designations required by
subsection (3) above, the Landlord shall provide
each tenant with:
(i) a written notice of the proposed
designations, clearly stating that Smoking in a
Unit which is designated as a nonsmoking Unit
will be illegal as of
17.90 (c), and inviting comments on the
proposed designations of nonsmoking Units within
the requisite timeline;
(ii) a diagram depicting the location of the
designated nonsmoking Units in relation to all
other Units; and
(iii) a copy of this
article.
(5) A Landlord may modify the proposed
designations based upon comments received from
tenants.
(6) At least thirty (30) days prior to final
designation of the nonsmoking Units required by
subsection (3) above, the Landlord shall provide
all tenants written notice of the final
designations clearly stating that Smoking in a
designated nonsmoking Unit will be illegal as of
17.90 (c), and
a copy of the final documents pursuant to
Section 17.91
of this article.
These final designations may differ from
the proposed designations on which tenants were
invited to comment.
(7) A Unit in a Rental Complex for which a
Landlord is required to have available
information pursuant to Section
17.91 of this
article but for
which such information, for any reason, is not
fully and timely completed is hereby designated
as a nonsmoking Unit as of January 4, 2013.
17.88
Lease terms for all new and existing
units in rental complexes.
(a) Every lease
or other rental agreement for the occupancy of a
Unit in a Rental Complex, including, for
example, New Units and existing Units, entered
into, renewed, or continued month-to-month after
September 4, 2012, shall include the provisions
set forth in subsection (b) below on the
earliest possible date when such an amendment is
allowable by law when providing the minimum
legal notice.
(b) Every lease
or other rental agreement for the occupancy of a
Unit in a Rental Complex, including, for
example, New Units and existing Units, entered
into, renewed, or continued month-to-month after
September 4, 2012, shall be amended to include
the following provisions:
(1) A clause
providing that as of September 4, 2013, it is a
material breach of the agreement to allow or
engage in Smoking in the Unit unless the
Landlord has supplied written notice that the
Unit has not been designated a nonsmoking Unit
and no other prohibition against Smoking
applies. Such a clause might state, “It is a
material breach of this agreement for tenant or
any other person subject to the control of the
tenant or present by invitation or permission of
the tenant to engage in smoking in the unit as
of September 4, 2013 unless landlord has
provided written notice that the unit has not
been designated a nonsmoking unit and smoking in
the unit is not otherwise prohibited by this
agreement, other agreements, or by law.”
(2) A clause providing that it is a material
breach of the agreement for tenant or any other
Person subject to the control of the tenant or
present by invitation or permission of the
tenant to engage in Smoking in any Common Area
of the property other than a designated Smoking
area. Such a clause might state, “It is a
material breach of this agreement for tenant or
any other person subject to the control of the
tenant or present by invitation or permission of
the tenant to engage in smoking in any common
area of the property, except in an outdoor
designated smoking area, if one exists.”
(3) A clause
providing that it is a material breach of the
agreement for tenant or any other Person subject
to the control of the tenant or present by
invitation or permission of the tenant to
violate any law regulating Smoking while
anywhere on the property.
Such a clause might state, “It is a
material breach of this agreement for tenant or
any other person subject to the control of the
tenant or present by invitation or permission of
the tenant to violate any law regulating smoking
while anywhere on the property.”
(4) A clause
expressly conveying third-party beneficiary
status to all occupants of the Rental Complex as
to the Smoking provisions of the agreement.
Such a clause might state, “Other
occupants of the property are express
third-party beneficiaries of those provisions in
this agreement that concern smoking.
As such, other occupants of the property
may seek to enforce such provisions by any
lawful means, including by bringing a civil
action in a court of law.”
(c) Whether or
not a Landlord complies with subsections (a) and
(b) above, the clauses required by those
subsections shall be implied and incorporated by
law into every agreement to which subsections
(a) or (b) apply and shall become effective as
of the earliest possible date on which the
Landlord could have made the insertions pursuant
to subsections (a) or (b).
(d) A tenant who
breaches a Smoking provision of a lease or other
rental agreement for the occupancy of a Unit in
a Rental Complex, or who knowingly permits any
other Person subject to the control of the
tenant or present by invitation or permission of
the tenant, shall be liable for the breach to:
(i) the Landlord; and (ii) any occupant of the
Rental Complex who is exposed to Smoke or who
suffers damages as a result of the breach.
(e) This
article
shall not create additional liability in a
Landlord to any Person for a tenant’s breach of
any Smoking provision in a lease or other rental
agreement for the occupancy of a Unit in a
Rental Complex if the Landlord has fully
complied with this Section and Section
17.86.
(f) Failure to
enforce any Smoking provision required by this
article shall not affect the right to enforce such provision in the future, nor
shall a waiver of any breach constitute a waiver
of any subsequent breach or a waiver of the
provision itself.
17.89
Additional duties – Landlord of rental
complex with less than one hundred percent
nonsmoking units.
A Landlord of a Rental Complex with less than
one hundred percent (100%) nonsmoking Units
shall:
(a)
Provide to every
prospective tenant, prior to entering into a new
lease or other rental agreement for the
occupancy of a Unit in a Rental Complex, a copy
of the designation documents pursuant to Section
17.86
describing each designated nonsmoking Unit with
an accompanying diagram depicting the location
of nonsmoking Units in relation to all other
Units and any designated Smoking areas.
(b)
Keep on file at the
rental office or property manager’s office and
make available for inspection upon request of
the tenants, a copy of the designation documents
pursuant to Section 17.86 describing each
designated nonsmoking Unit with an accompanying
diagram depicting the location of nonsmoking
Units in relation to all other Units and any
designated Smoking areas.
17.90
Smoking prohibited by law in certain
areas.
(a) Smoking in a
Common Area, on
or after September 4, 2010, other than in a
designated Smoking Area established pursuant to
Section 17.82,
is a violation of this
article.
(b) Smoking in a
New Unit, on or
after September 4, 2010, is a violation of this
article.
(c) Smoking in a
designated nonsmoking Unit,
on or after September 4, 2013, is a
violation of this
article.
(d) No Person
shall engage in Smoking in any Nonsmoking Area.
(e) No Person
with legal control over any Nonsmoking Area
shall permit Smoking in the Nonsmoking Area,
except as provided in Section
17.88 (e).
17.91
Required Documents Available For City
Inspection.
(a) Required
records by this
article
must be made
available for City Inspection upon request by
personnel of the City of South Pasadena –
Planning and Building Department, including all
material and information required by this
article
and such other materials and information as the
City of South Pasadena Planning and Building
Department deems necessary for the
administration and enforcement of this
article.
(b) All material
and information required pursuant to this
article
constitute
disclosable public records and are not private
or confidential.
17.92
Smoking and smoke generally.
(a) The
provisions of this
article
are restrictive only and establish no new rights
for a Person who engages in Smoking.
Notwithstanding (i) any provision of this
article
or other provisions of this Code, (ii) any
failure by any Person to restrict Smoking under
this article
or (iii)
any explicit or implicit provision of this Code
that allows Smoking in any place, nothing in
this Code shall be interpreted to limit any
Person’s legal rights under other laws with
regard to Smoking, including, for example,
rights in nuisance, trespass, property damage,
and personal injury or other legal or equitable
principles.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
article,
Smoking marijuana for medical purposes as
permitted by California Health and Safety Code
sections 11362.7 et seq. is not
prohibited by this
article.
(c) For all
purposes within the jurisdiction of
the City of South
Pasadena, nonconsensual exposure to Smoke
occurring on or drifting into residential
property is a nuisance, and the uninvited
presence of Smoke on residential property is a
nuisance and a trespass.
17.93
Penalties and enforcement.
(a) The remedies provided by this
article are
cumulative and in addition to any other remedies
available at law or in equity.
(b) Every
instance of Smoking in violation of this
article
is an infraction subject to a one hundred dollar
($100) fine. Other violations of this article
may, in the discretion of the City Prosecutor,
be prosecuted as infractions or misdemeanors
when the interests of justice so require.
Enforcement of
this chapter shall be the responsibility of the
City Manager, Community Improvement
Coordinator/code enforcement official and/or
any peace officer.
(c) Violations of
this article
are subject to a civil action brought by the
City of South
Pasadena, punishable by a civil fine not
less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and
not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) per
violation.
(d) No Person
shall intimidate, harass, or otherwise retaliate
against any Person who seeks compliance with
this article. Moreover, no Person shall
intentionally or recklessly expose another
Person to Smoke in response to that Person’s
effort to achieve compliance with this
article.
Violation of this subsection shall
constitute a misdemeanor.
(e) Causing,
permitting, aiding, or abetting a violation of
any provision of this
article shall also constitute a
violation of this
article.
(f) Any violation
of this article
is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance.
(g) In addition
to other remedies provided by this
article
or otherwise available at law or in equity, any
violation of this
article
may be remedied by a civil action brought by the
City Attorney , including, without limitation,
administrative or judicial nuisance abatement
proceedings, civil or criminal code enforcement
proceedings, and suits for injunctive relief.
(h) Any Person,
including a legal entity or organization, acting
for the interests of itself, its members, or the
general public may bring a civil action for
injunctive relief to prevent future such
violations or sue to recover such actual or
statutory damages as he or she may prove.
(i) Except
as otherwise provided, enforcement of this
article
is at the sole discretion of the
City of South Pasadena.
Nothing in this
article
shall create a right of action in any Person
against the City of South Pasadena
or its agents to compel public
enforcement of this
article
against private parties.
17.94
Private enforcement.
(a) Any Person,
including a legal entity or organization or a
government agency, acting for the interests of
itself, its members, or the general public may
bring a civil action to enforce this
article.
Upon proof of a violation, a court shall
award the following:
(1) Damages in the amount of either:
(i) upon proof, actual damages; or
(ii) with insufficient or no proof of damages,
$500 for each violation of this
article
(hereinafter “Statutory Damages”).
Each day of a continuing violation shall
constitute a separate violation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
this article no
Person suing on behalf of the general public
shall recover Statutory Damages based upon a
violation of this
article if a previous claim brought on
behalf of the general public by another Person
for Statutory Damages and based upon the same
violation has been adjudicated, whether or not
the Person bringing the subsequent claim was a
party to the prior adjudication.
(2) Exemplary damages, where it is proven by
clear and convincing evidence that the defendant
is guilty of oppression, fraud, malice,
retaliation, or a conscious disregard for the
public health.
(b) The Person
may also bring a civil action to enforce this
article
by way of a conditional judgment or an
injunction.
Upon proof of a violation, a court shall
issue a conditional judgment or an injunction.
(c)
Notwithstanding any legal or equitable bar
against a Person seeking relief on its own
behalf, a Person may bring an action to enforce
this article
solely on
behalf of the general public. When a Person
brings an action solely on behalf of the general
public, nothing about such an action shall act
to preclude or bar the Person from bringing a
subsequent action based upon the same facts but
seeking relief on his, her or its own behalf.
(d) Nothing in
this article
prohibits
a Person from bringing a civil action in small
claims court to enforce this
article,
so long as the amount in demand and the type of
relief sought are within the jurisdictional
requirements of that court.
SECTION 2. It
is the intent of the City Council of the City of
South Pasadena to supplement applicable state
and federal law and not to duplicate or
contradict such law and this Ordinance shall be
construed consistently with that intention.
If any section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance, or its application to any person or
circumstance, is for any reason held to be
invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance,
or its application to any other person or
circumstance.
The City Council of the City of South
Pasadena hereby declares that it would have
adopted each section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more
other sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof
be declared invalid or unenforceable.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall take effect thirty
(30) days after its final passage and within
(15) days after its passage, the City Clerk of
the City of South Pasadena shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and to
its approval by the Mayor and City Council and
shall cause the same to be published in a
newspaper in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED
this __ day of _____ 2010.
_______________________________
Richard D. Schneider, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sally Kilby, City
Clerk
Richard L. Adams II, City Attorney
I HEREBY CERTIFY
the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of South Pasadena at a
regular meeting held on the ___ day of ____,
2010, by the following vote:
AYES:
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Sally Kilby, City Clerk
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