Smoking shall be prohibited in the following public places and other public places similarly situated, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
(a) 
All enclosed areas available to and customarily used by the general public and all areas of business establishments generally accessible to the public, including, but not limited to, the public area of retail stores, banks, and other offices;
(b) 
Elevators, escalators, and stairways;
(c) 
Public restrooms;
(d) 
Service lines;
(e) 
Buses and other means of public transit directly provided by or provided under contract to the city;
(f) 
All reception and waiting areas;
(g) 
Galleries, libraries and museums;
(h) 
Within any facility which is primarily used for, or designed for the primary purpose of exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when smoking is part of a stage production;
(i) 
Sports arenas and convention halls;
(j) 
Video arcades, bingo parlors, cardrooms, game rooms, poolhalls, dancehalls, and other amusement centers;
(k) 
Child day care facilities as defined in the California Health and Safety Code and private residences while used as a family day care home;
(l) 
Rooms, chambers, or other enclosed areas where a meeting is being held which is or can be attended by the general public;
(m) 
Retail food marketing establishments, including grocery stores and supermarkets;
(n) 
Restaurants including those in private clubs;
(o) 
Restaurant-bar combinations including those in private clubs;
(p) 
Bars including those in private clubs;
(q) 
Theater-bar combinations;
(r) 
Laundromats;
(s) 
Beauty shop and barbershops;
(t) 
Common areas in apartment buildings, condominiums, retirement facilities, and nursing homes;
(u) 
Malls;
(v) 
Polling places;
(w) 
Enclosed areas which share the air space, including, but not limited to, air conditioning, heating, or other ventilation systems, entries, doorways, hallways, and stairways, with other enclosed areas in which smoking is prohibited;
(x) 
Smoking shall be prohibited in the following outdoor areas, and smoking, except while passing on the way to another destination, shall be prohibited within twenty feet of or close enough to the following areas for smoke to travel into an area or building, where smoking is prohibited, whichever is greater:
(1) 
Public events including, but not limited to, sports events, entertainment, speaking performances, ceremonies, pageants and fairs,
(2) 
Seating provided by eating establishments and bars,
(3) 
Entrances and exits to enclosed public areas,
(4) 
Within the entryway of any enclosed public area,
(5) 
Stairways,
(6) 
Within courtyards and other areas where air circulation may be impeded by architectural, landscaping or other barriers,
(7) 
Areas not open to the sky,
(8) 
Any place where people are using or waiting for a service, entry, or a transaction, including, but not limited to, ATMs, bank teller windows, telephones, ticket lines, bus stops and cab stands,
(9) 
Any place where food and/or drink is offered for sale,
(10) 
Children's play areas,
(11) 
Public gardens,
(12) 
Open windows of any enclosed public area,
(13) 
Public parks and greenbelts,
(14) 
Any other area owned or used by the city which is dedicated to passive or active recreation, as posted,
(15) 
The area in downtown Davis known as "E Street Plaza," which is bordered to the west by E Street, to the south by a City of Davis parking lot, and to the north and west by commercial buildings,
(16) 
The area in downtown Davis known as "E Street Plaza Parking Lot," which is bordered to the west by E Street, to the south by commercial buildings, to the north by the E Street Plaza and commercial buildings, and to the east by F Street,
(17) 
The area in downtown Davis known as the "North F Street Parking Lot," which is bordered to the west by E Street, to the south by commercial buildings, to the north by commercial buildings, and to the east by F Street,
(18) 
The area in downtown Davis known as the "South G Street Parking Lot," which is bordered to the west by G Street, to the south by commercial buildings, to the north by commercial buildings, and to the east by commercial buildings,
(19) 
The area in downtown Davis known as the "North G Street Parking Lot," which is bordered to the west by G Street, to the south by a private parking lot and commercial buildings, to the north by commercial buildings, and to the east by commercial buildings;
(20) 
The entirety of the area in downtown Davis along G Street, which is bordered to the north by 3rd Street and the south by 2nd Street, inclusive of all sidewalk, street and parking areas.
(y) 
Parking garages.
(Ord. 1682 § 2; Ord. 2460 § 2, 2015; Ord. 2642 § 2, 2023; Ord. 2678, 11/4/2025)
(a) 
It shall be the responsibility of employers to provide a smoke-free workplace for all employees.
(b) 
Within ninety days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in 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 requirement:
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.
(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 upon request to any existing or prospective employee.
(e) 
No later than January 1, 2015, each employer is expected to incorporate e-cigarettes into its written employee smoking policy.
(Ord. 1682 § 2; Ord. 2437 § 3, 2014)
(a) 
In addition to all those places where smoking is prohibited as set forth in this Article 34.02, smoking marijuana or marijuana products is expressly prohibited in all of the following places:
(1) 
All enclosed areas to which the public is invited or permitted;
(2) 
In or upon all property owned, leased, or occupied by the city, expressly including any public park, street, sidewalk, bike path, greenbelt, alley, highway, off-street public parking lot or structure; and
(3) 
Any private parking lot, if such parking lot is posted with a sign prohibiting smoking or posted with a sign prohibiting marijuana smoking.
(b) 
The prohibitions set forth in this section apply regardless of whether a person is simply passing through or on the way to another destination, such as walking or riding on a street or sidewalk, so long as the person smoking marijuana or marijuana products is in or upon any of the places where smoking is prohibited by this article.
(c) 
This section shall be construed broadly, to the extent authorized by law, to effectuate the purpose of providing a smoke- and drug-free environment in places where the public, and particularly children, may be exposed to unwanted and potentially harmful second-hand smoke. The restrictions set forth in the section are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other restrictions set forth in any other state or local law or regulation.
(d) 
For purposes of this section "marijuana" and "marijuana products" shall mean the adult use of marijuana for non-medical, recreational purposes, as authorized by applicable state law. This section shall not apply to smoking of medical marijuana or medical cannabis by qualified patients pursuant to state law, provided that such smoking of medical marijuana is still subject to all other smoking restrictions set forth in this Article 34.02.
(Ord. 2489 § 3, 2016)
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 to a smoke-free workplace afforded by this chapter.
(Ord. 1682 § 2)
(a) 
Indoor sign requirements. "Smoking" or "Nonsmoking" signs whichever are appropriate, with letters of not less than one inch 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 posted at or near all entrances and sufficiently and conspicuously posted at other appropriate locations in every building or other place where smoking is regulated by this chapter by the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such building or other place. Signs which have been removed shall be replaced within five working days.
(b) 
Outdoor sign requirements. No smoking signs with letters of not less than one inch 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 at or near the entry in every building or other place where smoking is regulated by this chapter by the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such building or other place and in every outdoor area.
(Ord. 1682 § 2)
Every theater owner, manager or operator shall post signs conspicuously 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 featured motion picture.
(Ord. 1682 § 2)