The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section:
A. 
"Bar" or "tavern"
means an establishment primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is incidental. If a restaurant, motel, hotel, bowling center or other facility contains an enclosed room or area primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises in which the serving of food is incidental and said room or area is physically separated from all other places of employment or public places in the facility, such enclosed room or area will be considered a "bar" or "tavern" for purposes of this chapter.
B. 
"Business entity"
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.
C. 
"Dining area"
means any enclosed area containing a counter or tables upon which meals are served.
D. 
"Employee"
means any person who is employed by any employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit, and any person who volunteers his or her services for a nonprofit entity.
E. 
"Employer"
means any person, partnership, corporation or nonprofit entity, including a municipal corporation, who employs the services of one or more persons.
F. 
"Enclosed"
means closed in by a roof and four walls with appropriate openings for ingress, egress and windows.
G. 
"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.
H. 
"Place of employment"
means any enclosed area which is not a public place 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, offices, employee lounges, and restrooms, conference and classrooms, cafeterias and hallways; provided, that a private vehicle and a private residence are not places of employment, except during the time that the residence is used as a licensed child care or a licensed health care facility.
I. 
"Private function"
means any meeting, social gathering, activity not open to the general public conducted or held in any conference or meeting room, or in any public or private assembly room in any restaurant, hotel or motel and which either has been rented or is being used with the permission of the owner or lessee or manager thereof.
J. 
"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, health facilities, public transportation facilities, reception areas, restaurants, retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, theaters and waiting rooms.
K. 
"Restaurant"
means any coffee shop, cafeteria, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private or public school cafeteria, and any other eating or dining establishment, organization, club, boardinghouse or guesthouse, which gives or offers food for sale to the public, guests, patrons or employees.
L. 
"Service line"
means indoor line at which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not such service includes the exchange of money.
M. 
"Smoking"
means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. "Smoking" includes the use of an electronic smoking device that creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking.
N. 
"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.
O. 
"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, and inhalation or by any other means of ingestion.
P. 
"Multi-unit residence"
means residential property containing two or more units, with one or more shared wall, floor, ceiling or ventilation system, including apartments, condominiums, duplexes or townhomes and their patios and balconies. A multi-unit residence does not include:
1. 
A hotel or motel that meets the requirements set forth in California Civil Code Section 1940(b)(2);
2. 
A single-family residence, including one which has a detached permitted accessory dwelling unit on the same lot;
3. 
Owner-occupied duplexes and triplexes.
Q. 
"Multi-unit residence common area"
means any indoor or outdoor area of a multi­unit residence accessible to and usable by residents of different units, including halls and paths, lobbies, laundry rooms, common cooking areas, outdoor eating areas, play areas, shared patios, shared balconies, shared restrooms, elevators and stairwells, swimming pools, carports, garages and parking areas.
R. 
"Service area"
means any publicly or privately owned area, including streets and sidewalks, that is designed to be used or is regularly used by one or more persons to receive a service, wait to receive a service or to make a transaction, whether or not such a service or transaction includes the exchange of money.
(1976 Code § 5-19.01; Ord. 773 § 2; Ord. 622 § 1; Amended by Ord. 616 § 1; Ord. 596 § 2)
Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed facilities or buildings owned or controlled by the city, including hearing rooms, places of public assembly, offices, waiting rooms, lobbies and public hallways.
(1976 Code § 5-19.02; Amended by Ord. 773 § 2; Ord. 596 § 2)
A. 
Smoking is prohibited inside any unit within a multi-unit residence.
B. 
Smoking is prohibited within any enclosed or unenclosed multi-unit residence common area.
C. 
Smoking is prohibited within a forty-foot radius in any direction of any multi-unit residence common area or of any multi-unit residence.
D. 
Smoking is prohibited within any service area within a forty-foot radius in any direction of a multi-unit residence and/or multi-unit residence common area.
E. 
All new residential leases in multi-unit residences where smoking is prohibited must include a notice informing the tenant that (1) smoking is prohibited in the unit, in the multi-unit residence common areas and within forty feet of the multi-unit residence and multi-unit residence common areas, and (2) violation of the prohibition on smoking is a material breach of the lease.
(Ord. 773 § 2)
Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places, including, but not limited to, the following:
A. 
Elevators and restrooms;
B. 
In ticket, boarding and enclosed waiting areas of public transit depots and bus stops, and in buses, taxicabs and other public transit vehicles under the authority of the city;
C. 
Service lines;
D. 
Retail stores, retail tobacco stores and retail food marketing establishments, including grocery stores and supermarkets;
E. 
All enclosed facilities of business and nonprofit entities available to and customarily used or patronized by the general public, including, but not limited to, business offices, banks, hotels and motels;
F. 
Restaurants;
G. 
Aquariums, libraries and museums;
H. 
Sports arenas and convention halls;
I. 
Any building not open to the sky which is used primarily for exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when smoking is part of any such production;
J. 
Doctors' and dentists' offices, waiting rooms, hallways, wards and semiprivate rooms of health facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, and physical therapy facilities;
K. 
Polling places;
L. 
Hotel and motel lodging rooms rented to guests; provided, that not more than forty-nine percent of the rooms in any hotel or motel may be designated as rooms where smoking is allowed;
M. 
Bowling centers.
(1976 Code § 5-19.03; Ord. 773 § 2; Amended by Ord. 616 § 2; Ord. 596 § 2)
A. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this chapter:
1. 
Bars, but only to the extent, in the manner and during the time period permitted under state law in California Labor Section 6404.5, as it may hereafter be amended;
2. 
Private vehicles, single-family residences, and owner occupied duplexes and triplexes, except when used as a licensed childcare or a licensed health care facility;
3. 
Enclosed meeting, conference or banquet rooms in a hotel, motel or restaurant, except while food or beverage functions are taking place, including setup, service and cleanup activities, or when the room is being used for exhibit purposes.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any owner, operator, manager or other person who controls any establishment described in this section may declare the entire establishment as a nonsmoking establishment.
(1976 Code § 5-19.05; Ord. 773 § 2; Ord. 616 § 3; Amended by Ord. 599 § 1; Ord. 596 § 2)
A. 
The owner, operator, manager or other person having control of any building, structure, facility or place where smoking is prohibited by this chapter shall post clearly and conspicuously at every entrance to such building or place "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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section does not apply to multi-unit residences with three or fewer units.
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 prior to the showing of each feature motion picture.
C. 
Where smoking is permitted in designated areas of a building, structure, facility or place under this chapter, the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such building or place shall post at every entrance in a clear and conspicuous manner a sign stating "Smoking Is Prohibited Except in Designated Areas."
(1976 Code § 5-19.06; Ord. 773 § 2; Amended by Ord. 616 § 4; Ord. 596 § 2)
Chapter 4.98, "Tobacco Retailer Permit," of Title 4, "Sanitation and Health," of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, and any amendment thereto, is hereby adopted by reference and made effective in this city. Copies of San Mateo County Ordinance Code Chapter 4.98 of Title 4, as adopted hereby and as may be amended in the future by the county board of supervisors, has been deposited with the city clerk, and shall be at all times maintained by the city clerk for use and examination by the public. The chief of San Mateo County Health, or designee, is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of Chapter 4.98 on behalf of the city.
(Ord. 807 § 2)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to smoke in a place where smoking is prohibited.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person who owns, manages, or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to the prohibition of this chapter to fail to post signs as required by this chapter; provided, however, that employees are not required to designate their individual work areas.
C. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable in accordance with the penalties set forth in MMC § 1.05.010.
(1976 Code § 5-19.08; Amended by Ord. 773 § 2; Ord. 596 § 2)
A. 
Authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing sections of this chapter, which are preempted by current state law, the provisions of Labor Code Section 6404.5, governing smoking in enclosed places of employment, shall be enforced by the city of Millbrae police bureau and by employees of the San Mateo County Health Services Agency, division of public health, as designated by the director of health services; provided, however, that employees designated by the director of health services with the authority to enforce Labor Code Section 6404.5 may only issue citations to employers and not to patrons, customers, consumers or other guests.
B. 
San Mateo Health Services Agency Division of Public Health Employees as Public Officers. In the performance of their duties of monitoring and enforcing compliance with the provisions of Labor Code Section 6404.5, all persons authorized by the director of the San Mateo County Health Services Agency to engage in such enforcement activities shall have the power, authority and immunity of a public officer to issue citations.
C. 
Training Program. The director of San Mateo County Health Services Agency, in coordination with the San Mateo County sheriff, shall establish and cause to be administered an enforcement training program designed to instruct each employee so authorized by this section to exercise citation authority. Such training shall include guidance and instruction regarding the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution of violation thereof, and the appropriate procedures for issuing citations.
(1976 Code § 5-19.09; Amended by Ord. 773 § 2; Ord. 646 § 1)