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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1993 0407 CC REG ITEM 11GC:ry Counc'1 N,oe. c` 7 1993 AGENDA REPORT TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Jaime Aguilera, Director of Community Development Paul Porter, Senior Planner DATE: February 24, 1993 (CC meeting of April 7, 1993) SUBJECT: ORDINANCE ELIMINATING SMOKING IN WORK PLACES AND ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES Background Until recently, tobacco use has had a long history of social acceptance. Advertising and tobacco industry sponsorship of sports and cultural events have created demand and enhanced the social acceptance of smoking. Smoking has traditionally been acceptable in enclosed public places and work places. During the 19801s, as the numbers of smokers continued to decline and the health impact of second hand smoke were publicized, society's attitude and social acceptance toward smoking changed. Social acceptance of smoking in public places began to disappear. These changes have been most dramatic in California where several cities have enacted local Ordinances restricting tobacco smoke. One trend occurring from reviewing local tobacco control ordinances is toward totally smoke -free environments. The City of Moorpark passed Chapter 8.32 of the Municipal Code, which bans smoking in public places (with certain exceptions) and requires that employers located within the City provide for smoke - free areas for non - smoking employees within existing facilities to the maximum extent possible. Employers are not required to incur any expense to make structural or other physical modifications in providing these area. Having an adopted comprehensive local ordinance will create a community environment in which nonsmokers will not involuntarily be exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. Discussion The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a major report condemning environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a Class A Carcinogen for which no exposure level is safe. This report attributed to ETS 3,000 lung cancer deaths of nonsmokers and up to 300,000 cases of respiratory disease in children. 1 According to the EPA's May 1992 report, "Respiratory Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders ", the following are some of the effects of smoking on non - smokers: * An estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year among nonsmokers age 35 and over are attributed to ETS in the United States. * ETS is causally associated with additional episodes and increased severity of asthma in children. In addition, the smoke is a risk factor for inducing asthma in previously asymptomatic children. * Passive smoking has subtle but significant effects on the respiratory health of nonsmoking adults, including coughing, chest discomfort and reducing lung function. Individuals with asthma or allergies are particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of environmental tobacco smoke. * ETS exposure contributes 150,000 to 300,000 cases annually to lower respiratory tract illness in infants under 18 months of age; 7,500 to 15,000 of them require hospitalization. To date there have been 30 validated epidemiological studies of nonsmokers' lung cancer from exposure to environmental smoke. The 1992 draft of the EPA report on respiratory effects of passive smoking makes a significant finding - that the results of these studies of exposure to ETS out of the home can be generalized to all nonsmokers. It has also found that exposures to ETS out of the home are often greater than exposure from spousal smoking. Therefore, "by extension of the results from spousal smoking studies, coupled with biological measurements of exposure, more lung cancer deaths are estimated to be attributable to ETS from combined non -home exposures - 2,200 of both sexes - than from spousal exposure - 800 of both sexes. The California Tobacco Survey of public use and attitudes towards tobacco, funded by Proposition 99, found that "when smokers who live in areas where there were strong ordinances were compared to smokers who live in areas where there were no ordinances, there was slightly greater readiness to quit among those who lived in areas with strong ordinances." The proposed Ordinance is more comprehensive then the existing Ordinance. The existing Ordinance requires employers to provide areas of smoke -free areas for nonsmoking employees to the maximum extent possible, but employers were not required to incur any 2 expense to make structural or other physical modifications in providing these areas. The proposed Ordinance generally precludes smoking in places of employment which includes common work areas, auditoriums, classrooms, conference and meeting rooms, private offices, elevators, hallways, medical facilities, cafeterias, employee lounges, stairs, restrooms, vehicles and all other enclosed facilities. The existing Ordinance states that no person shall smoke in public places, but allows several exceptions such as: a) When the places are being used for private functions; b) In designated areas of customer service areas, provided that at least 50% of such area has been designated for nonsmoking; c} Bedspace areas of semi- private rooms where all patents are smokers and request permission to be placed in a room where smoking is permitted; and d) In designated areas of restaurants as long as 50% of designated areas have been designated as non - smoking areas. The proposed Ordinance is more restrictive in that it precludes smoking in restaurants, with the exception of an exemption for outdoor seating. However, restaurants with outdoor seating areas that have seating for 30 or more persons will be allowed to have a maximum of 50% of contiguous seating in outdoor food area available for smokers. Another difference between the existing Ordinance and the proposed Ordinance is that the existing Ordinance does not address the sale of cigarettes in vending machines, while the proposed Ordinance makes it unlawful to sell any tobacco product by means of self - service displays or by other means other than vendor - assisted sales (Bars are exempt from this provision). Recommendations Staff suggests that the City Council review the attached proposed ordinance and provide staff and the City Attorney with appropriate direction concerning the adoption of said ordinance. Attachment: Draft Ordinance 3 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK REPEALING CHAPTER 8.32 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "SMOKING" IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 8.32 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING TOBACCO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, REGULATING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND LICENSE REQUIRED FOR THE SALE OF CIGARETTES THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Existing Chapter 8.32 of the City of Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby repealed. This repeal shall not effect or prevent the prosecution or the punishment of any person for any act done or omitted in violation of these chapters or sections prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. A new chapter entitled "Prohibiting Tobacco Smoking in Public Places and Places of Employment, Regulating the Sale of Tobacco Products, License Required and Establishing the Fee for the Sale of Cigarettes" is hereby added the City of Moorpark Municipal Code to read as follows: Chapter 8.32 Sections: 8.32.010 Findings and Purpose 8.32.020 Definitions 8.32.030 Application to City -Owned Vehicles and Facilities 8.32.040 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places 8.32.050 Regulation of Smoking in Places of Employment 8.32.060 Smoking Optional Areas 8.32.070 Posting of Signs 8.32.080 Regulating the Sale of Tobacco Products 8.32.090 Enforcement 8.32.10 Violation and Penalties 8.32.11 Non - retaliation 8.32.12 Public Education 8.32.13 Government Agency Cooperation 8.32.14 Cigarettes; License Required, Application; Fee 8.32.15 Other Applicable Laws The City Council of the City of Moorpark does hereby find that: 1. Numerous scientific studies found that smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; 2. Reliable scientific studies, including studies by the Surgeon General of the United States and studies commissioned and assessed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have shown that PP03:18 :93 13 :52pmA :\0RDIXMC breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke is a significant health hazard to nonsmokers; particularly to children and teens, elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; 3. Health hazards induced by exposure to environmental tobacco smoke include lung and other forms of cancer, respiratory infection, decreased respiratory function, decreased exercise tolerance, broncho- constriction and bronco - spasm, and that the most common cause of premature death from environmental tobacco smoke is heart disease; 4. Reliable scientific studies assessed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have found that sidestream and secondhand smoke cause the death of at least 53,000 non - smokers annually and is a leading cause of premature death and disability among non - smokers; 5. Non - smokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing sidestream or secondhand tobacco smoke may experience a loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; 6. Persons, particularly employees, have a right to a smoke -free environment if they desire; 7. Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of fires, and cigarette and cigar burns and ash stains on merchandise and fixtures cause economic losses to businesses; 8. Substantial scientific evidence exists that the direct use of tobacco products causes cancer, heart disease and various other medical diseases. The Surgeon General of the U.S. has found that tobacco - caused diseases are the leading cause of premature, preventable death and disability in the U.S.; 9. The National Centers for Disease Control have found that at least four - hundred - thirty- four - thousand (434,000) Americans die each year from tobacco - caused diseases. The Surgeon General of the U.S> and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have found that a majority of those americans who die from tobacco - caused diseases have become addicted to nicotine in tobacco products as adolescents before the age of legal consent; 10. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has concluded that the nicotine in tobacco products is a powerful addictive drug and identifies nicotine as a most widespread example of drug dependence in the U.S. 11. The Surgeon General of the U.S has found that nicotine in tobacco products is as addictive as cocaine and heroine; PP03 :18:93 13:52pmA:\ORD.1XWC 2 Whereas, the City Council finds and declares that the purposes of this Ordinance are: * to protect public health, safety and welfare by prohibiting tobacco smoking in public places and places of employment; * to guarantee the right of nonsmokers to breath tobacco smoke -free air, and to recognize that the need to breathe tobacco smoke -free air has priority over the desire to smoke; Whereas, the City Council further finds it is within its basic police power to implement and enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 8.32.010. Definitions The following words and phrases, whenever used in this article, shall be construed as defined in this section: 1. "Bar" means an area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for the consumption by patrons 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. A "bar" for the purpose of this definition does not include any bar where smoke can filter into a restaurant through a passageway, ventilation system, or any other means. 2. "Business" means any sole proprietorship, 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, engineering, architectural or other professional services are delivered. 3. "Cocktail Lounge" means a bar within a restaurant which is not the sole means of public access to the dining areas, is not the sole waiting area for dining patrons, prohibits minors, has a separate ventilation system and is enclosed. 4. "Employee" means any person who is employed by any employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit, or any person who volunteers his or her services for a non- profit entity. 5. "Employer" means any person, partnership, corporation, including a municipal corporation, or non - profit entity, who employs the services of one or more individual persons. PP03 :18:93 /3:52pmA:\0RDINAHC 3 6. "Enclosed Area" means all space between a floor and ceiling which is enclosed on all sides by solid walls or windows (exclusive of doors or passage ways) which extend from the floor to the ceiling, including all space therein screened by portions which do not extend to the ceiling or are not solid, such as "office landscaping" or similar structures. 7. "Non- profit 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 objectives or purposes of the entity and not to private gain. A public agency is not a "non- profit entity" within the meaning of this section. 8. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, cooperative association, private corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity. 9. "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 restrooms, conference and class rooms, employee cafeterias and hallways. A private residence is not a "place of employment" unless it is used as a child care or health care facility pursuant to applicable State laws. 10. "Public Place" means any enclosed area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including but not limited to, banks, educational facilities, shopping malls, laundromats, public transportation facilities, reception areas, restaurants, retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, hotels and motels, theaters and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a "public place ". 11. "Restaurant" means any coffee shop, cafeteria, sandwich stand, private and public school cafeteria, including any associated outdoor eating area, and any other eating establishment which gives or offers for sale food to the public, guests, or employees, as well as kitchens in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere, including catering facilities, except that the term "restaurant" shall not include a cocktail lounge if said cocktail lounge is a "bar" as defined in this section. 12. "Retail primarily for the which the sale of Tobacco Store" means a retail store utilized sale of tobacco products and accessories and in other products is merely incidental. PP03:18:9313:52pmA :\ORDINANC 4 13. "Self- service Displays" means open display of tobacco products and point -of -sale tobacco promotional products that the public has access to without the intervention of an employee. 14. "Separate Ventilation System" means a system which is exhausted to the outside and negatively pressurized. 15. "Service -line means any indoor line at which one (1) or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not such service involves the exchange of money. 16. "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, plant or other combustible substance in any manner or in any form. 17. "Sports Arena" means enclosed or unenclosed sports pavilions, gymnasiums, health spas, swimming pools, roller and ice rinks, pool or billard halls, arcades, 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. 18. "Tobacco Product" means any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff or any other form of tobacco which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other manner of ingestion. 19. "Tobacco Vending Machine" means any electronic or mechanical device or appliance the operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper currency, or other things representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product. 20. "City" shall mean the City of Moorpark 21. "Vendor- assisted" means only a store employee has access to the tobacco product and assists the customer by supplying the product. The customer does not take possession of the product until it is purchased. Section 8.32.030. Application to Citv -Owned Vehicles and Facilities All City -owned vehicles including buses and other means of public transit under the authority of the City, and all enclosed facilities owned and controlled by the City including any council, commission and agency of the City shall be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 8.32.040. Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places A. Except as otherwise provided, smoking shall be prohibited PP03:18:93 13:52pmA: \0RDIKMC 5 in all enclosed public places within the City of Moorpark, including, but not limited to the following places: 1. Elevators 2. Buses, taxicabs, and other means of public transit under the authority of the City of Moorpark and /or privately operated under a license and /or Permit issued by the City, and ticket, boarding and waiting areas of public transit depots . 3. Restrooms. 4. Service Lines. 5. Retail stores and retail service establishments. 6. All areas available to and customarily used by the general public in all business and non - profit entities patronized by the public, including but not limited to offices (such as attorneys, doctors, and other professionals), banks, laundromats, malls, hotels, and motels. 7. Restaurants, provided: (a) Cocktail lounge areas within restaurants that sell alcoholic beverages shall be exempted. Within one year of passage of this Section, such areas must meet the standards of "cocktail lounge ", as defined herein. (b) A maximum of 50% of contiguous seating in outdoor food area that has seating for 30 or more persons, clearly posted, may be exempted. 8. Bars 9. Public areas of aquariums, galleries, libraries or museums, or similar facilities when open to the public. 10. Any facility which is primarily used for exhibiting motion pictures, stage productions, lectures, musical recitals or other similar performances, except when smoking is part of the production. 11. Sports arenas and convention halls. 12. Every room, chamber, place of meeting, or public assembly, including school buildings under the control of any board, council, commission, committee including joint committees, or agencies of the City or any political PP03 :18:93I3:52pmA: \ORDIH"C 6 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. 13. Waiting rooms, hallways, wards, and rooms of health facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, physical therapy, mental health, and drug and alcohol treatment facilities, doctors' and dentists' offices. 14. Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in apartment buildings, condominiums, senior citizen residences, nursing rooms, and other multiple -unit residential facilities. 15. Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in multiple - unit commercial facilities. 16. Polling places. B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any owner, operator, manager, or other person who controls any establishment or facility as a nonsmoking establishment. Section 8.32.050. Regulation of Smoking in Places of Employment A. Within 90 days of the effective date of this article, each employer having an enclosed place of employment located within the City shall adopt, implement, make known and maintain a written smoking policy which shall contain the following requirements: Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed facilities within a place of employment without exception. This includes common work areas, auditoriums, classrooms, conference and meeting rooms, private offices, elevators, hallways, medical facilities, cafeterias, employee lounges, stairs, restrooms, vehicles and all other enclosed facilities. B. The smoking policy shall be communicated to all employees within three weeks of its adoption and at least annually thereafter. C. All employers shall comply with these non - smoking provisions and shall be responsible for their implementation in their places of employment. D. "No Smoking" signs shall be conspicuously posted at building entrances and in employee lounges, cafeterias and lunchrooms. E. All employers shall supply a written copy of the smoking policy to any existing or prospective employee. PP03:28:93 13:52pmA: \ORDZNANC F. Places of employment exempt from the prohibition on smoking in other sections of this Ordinance shall also be exempt from this section. Section 8.32.060. Smoking Optional Areas. A. Not withstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this article: 1. Private residences, except when used as a child care or health care facility pursuant to applicable State law. 2. Retail tobacco stores 3. A maximum of 50% of hotel /motel rooms 4. Restaurants, hotel and motel conference or meeting rooms and public and private assembly rooms, which are equipped with ventilation system which conducts air to the outside, while these places are being used for private functions. However, 50% of these areas will be designated nonsmoking. 5. An enclosed place of employment which employs only the owner and no other employee, provided that: (a) The place of employment is not a public place. (b) The enclosed area containing the place of employment does not share a ventilation system with any other enclosed place of employment or public place. B. Not withstanding 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 as a nonsmoking establishment. Section 8.32.070. Posting of Signs A. "No- Smoking" signs 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 every building, as well as on the entrances at eye level, or other place where smoking is regulated by this article, by the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such building or other place. B. Every restaurant shall have posted at every entrance a conspicuous sign clearly stating that smoking is prohibited. PP03:18:93 13:51pmA: \ORDZKUC 8 Section 8.32.080. Regulating the Sale of Tobacco Products A. Any person, business, tobacco retailer or other establishment subject to this Ordinance shall post plainly visible signs at the point of purchase of tobacco products which state "THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. PHOTO IS REQUIRED ". The letters of said signs should be at least one - quarter inch high. B. No person, business tobacco retailer, or owner, manager or operator of any establishment subject to this Ordinance shall sell, offer to sell or permit to be sold any tobacco product to an individual without requesting and examining identifications establishing the purchasers age as eighteen years or greater unless the seller has some reasonable basis for determining the buyer's age. C. It shall be unlawful for any person, business, or tobacco retailer to sell, permit to be sold, or offer for sale any tobacco product by means of self - service displays or by other means other than vendor - assisted sales. Bars are exempt from this provision. D. No person, business, tobacco retailer or other establishment subject to this Ordinance shall locate, install, keep, maintain or use, or permit the location, installation, keeping, maintenance or use of his, her, or its premises any vending machines for the purpose of selling or distributing any tobacco product. Any tobacco vending machine in use on the effective date of this Ordinance shall be removed within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Ordinance. Bars are exempt from this provision. E. Any person, business, tobacco retailer, or owner, manager or operator of any establishment subject to this Ordinance who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine as provided for in Penal Code Section 308(a). Section 8.32.090. Enforcement A. Notice of these regulations shall be given to all applicants for a business license. B. Enforcement of this Ordinance shall be implemented by the City Manager or his /her designee. C. Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this Ordinance may initiate enforcement with the City Manager or his /her designee. PP03 :18:93 13:52pM:\0RD1NANC 9 D. Not withstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance, a private citizen may bring legal action to enforce this Ordinance. Section 8.32.10 Violation and Penalties A. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to regulation under Section 8.32.040 of this Ordinance to fail to comply with any of its provisions. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any area where smoking is prohibited under Section 8.32.040 of this article. C. Any person, business, tobacco retailer, or owner, manager or operator of any establishment subject to this Ordinance who violates any provision of this Chapter, other than Section 8.32.080, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and upon conviction shall be subject to payment of a fine not to exceed the limits set forth in Government Code Section 36900. Section 8.32.11. 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 right to a smoke -free environment afforded by this article. Section 8.32.12. Public Education The City Manager or his designee, in conjunction with the County Department of Health, shall engage in a continuing program to explain and clarify the purposes and requirements of this Ordinance to citizens affected by it, and to guide owners, operators and managers in their compliance with it. Such program may include publication of a brochure for affected business and individuals explaining the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 8.32.13. Governmental Agency Cooperation The City Manager or his designee, shall annually request other governmental and educational agencies having facilities within the City to establish local operating procedures in cooperation and compliance with this Ordinance. This includes urging all Federal, State, County and school district agencies to update their existing smoking control regulations to be consistent with current health findings regarding environmental tobacco smoke. PP03:18:93 13:52pmA:\0RDINANC 10 Section 8.32.14. Cigarettes* License Required Application Issuance, License Fee A. Cigarettes: License Required, Application Issuance. No person shall keep for retail sale, sell at retail or otherwise dispose of any cigarette or any tobacco product or cigarette paper or cigarette wrapper at any place in the City without a license. Application for a license shall be made the City of Moorpark on a form supplied by the City. The application shall state the full name and address of the applicant, the location of the building and part intended to be used by the applicant under the license, the kind of business conducted at such location and other information as shall be required by the application form. Upon the filing of an application with the City, it shall be presented to the City Manager or his designee for consideration. If granted by the City Manager or his designee, a license shall be issued by the City upon payment of the required fee. B. Cigarettes, License Fee The annual license fee for a cigarette vending license shall be as specified by City Council Resolution. Section 8.32.15 Other applicable Laws This article shall not be interpreted or construed to permit smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws. SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of a Court of competent jurisdiction, that section or portion shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Moorpark hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance or any sections or portions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections or portions may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after the date of passage. Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 36933, a summary of this Ordinance shall be prepared by the City Attorney. At least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at which adoption of the Ordinance is scheduled, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the summary, and 2) post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of the Ordinance along with the names of the Council members voting for or against the Ordinance. PP03:18: 93/3:52FmA: \ORDJWWC 11 PASSES AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Moorpark on , by the following roll vote. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk PP03:18:93 13:52pmA: \0RDINANC 12