§ 8.78.060. Prohibition of smoking in public places.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful to smoke in all enclosed public places within the city, including, but not limited to, the following places:

A.

Elevators in buildings generally used by and open to the public, including elevators in offices, hotels, and multifamily buildings;

B.

Hospitals and health care facilities:

1.

In public areas of health care facilities and hospitals, as defined in Section 1250 of the California Health and Safety Code including waiting rooms, public hallways and lobbies, all smoking is prohibited, except in specifically designated smoking areas, which may be all or part of a public area;

2.

Every publicly or privately owned health care facility, including hospitals, shall make a reasonable effort to determine preference and to assign patients placed in rooms occupied by two or more patients according to the patient's individual nonsmoking or smoking preference,

3.

In rooms and areas occupied by two or more patients, smoking shall be prohibited for hospital staff, visitors and the general public. "STAFF AND VISITOR SMOKING PROHIBITED" signs shall be conspicuously posted in such areas;

C.

Indoor service lines in which more than one person is giving or receiving services of any kind;

D.

Public meeting rooms, including hearing rooms, conference rooms, chambers, and places of public assembly in which public business is conducted, when the public business requires or provides direct participation or observation by the general public;

E.

Public restrooms;

F.

Theaters and auditoriums, including every publicly or privately owned theater, auditorium, or other enclosed facility which is open to the public for the primary purpose of exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, musical recital, athletic event, or any other performance or event in all areas except either in that area commonly known as the lobby, or in areas not open to the public. Every owner and/or manager of such theater, auditorium, or other enclosed facility used for the purposes stated herein, shall post signs conspicuously in the lobby stating that smoking is prohibited within the theater, auditorium or facility, and in the case of motion picture theaters, such information shall be shown upon the screen for at least five seconds before showing feature motion pictures. This section shall not be construed to prevent smoking by performers in connection with a stage production or by persons making a presentation concerning addiction to tobacco or other drugs;

G.

Restaurants, hotel lobbies, and common areas within hotels and motels, excluding guest rooms.

(Ord. 6757 § 5, 1998; Ord. 6548 § 2 (part), 1993)