The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the meanings defined in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
A. "Business"
means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, or other entity formed for profit-making purposes.
B. "Common area"
means every enclosed area or unenclosed area of a multi-unit residence that residents of more than one unit are entitled to enter or use, including, for example, halls, pathways, lobbies, courtyards, elevators, stairs, community rooms, playgrounds, gym facilities, swimming pools, parking garages, parking lots, grassy or landscaped areas, restrooms, laundry rooms, cooking areas, and eating areas.
C. "Dining area"
means any area, including streets and sidewalks, which is available to or customarily used by the general public or an employee, and that is designed, established, or regularly used for consuming food or drink.
D. "Electronic smoking device"
means an electronic device that can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine, or other substances, including any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately. "Electronic smoking device" includes any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe, an electronic hookah, or any other product name or descriptor.
E. "Employee"
means any person who is employed or retained as an independent contractor by any employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit, or any person who volunteers his or her services for an employer.
F. "Employer"
means any business or nonprofit entity that retains the service of one or more employees.
G. "Enclosed area"1. 2.
means an area in which outside air cannot circulate freely to all parts of the area, and includes an area that has:
Any type of overhead cover, whether or not that cover includes vents or other openings, and at least three walls or other vertical boundaries of any height, whether or not those boundaries include vents or other openings; or
Four walls or other vertical boundaries, including but not limited to, vegetation that exceeds six feet in height, whether or not those boundaries include vents or other openings.
H. "Landlord"
means any person or agent of a person who owns, manages, or is otherwise legally responsible for a unit in a multi-unit residence that is leased to a residential tenant, except that landlord does not include a tenant who sublets a unit (e.g., a sublessor).
I. "Multi-unit residence"1. 2.
means property containing two or more units, including, but not limited to, apartment buildings, condominium complexes, senior and assisted living facilities, long-term health care facilities, hotels and motels, mobile home parks, and campgrounds. Multi-unit residences do not include the following:
A single-family home, except if used as a child care or health care facility subject to licensing requirements; and
A single-family home with a detached or attached in-law or second unit when permitted pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code §§ 65852.1, 65852.150, 65852.2 or an ordinance of the city adopted pursuant to those sections, except if the single-family home or in-law/second unit is used as a child care or health care facility subject to licensing requirements.
J. "Nonprofit entity"
means any entity that meets the requirements of Cal. Corp. Code § 5003 as well as any corporation, unincorporated association or other entity created for charitable, religious, philanthropic, educational, political, social or similar purposes, the net proceeds of which are committed to the promotion of the objectives or purposes of the entity and not to private gain. A government agency is not a nonprofit entity within the meaning of this chapter.
K. "Person"
means any natural person, employer, cooperative association, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity including government agencies.
L. "Place of employment"
means any area under the legal or de facto control of an employer, that an employee or the general public may have cause to enter in the normal course of the operations, regardless of the hours of operation including, for example, indoor and outdoor work areas, construction sites, vehicles used in employment or for business purposes, taxis, hookah bars, retail tobacco shops, and private residences that are used as child care or health care facilities subject to licensing requirements.
M. "Public place"
means any place, publicly or privately owned, which is open to the general public regardless of any fee or age requirement.
N. "Reasonable distance"
means a distance of 30 feet in any direction from an area in which smoking is prohibited.
O. "Recreational area"
means any area, including streets and sidewalks, that is publicly or privately owned and open to the general public for recreational purposes, regardless of any fee or age requirement. The term "recreational area" includes but is not limited to parks, picnic areas, playgrounds, sports fields, golf courses, walking paths, gardens, hiking trails, bike paths, horseback riding trails, swimming pools, roller- and ice-skating rinks, skateboard parks, and amusement parks.
P. "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 service or transaction includes the exchange of money. The term "service area" includes but is not limited to information kiosks, automatic teller machines (ATMs), ticket lines, bus stops or shelters, mobile vendor lines or cab stands.
Q. "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 by-products, 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 smoking device vapors, marijuana smoke, and crack cocaine smoke.
R. "Smoking"
means engaging in an act that generates smoke, such as, for example, inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted, heated, or ignited cigar, cigarette, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, electronic smoking device, or any plant product intended for human inhalation.
S. "Tobacco product"1. 2. 3.
means:
Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff; and
Any electronic smoking device.
Notwithstanding any provision of subsections (S)(1) and (2) of this section to the contrary, "tobacco product" includes any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately. "Tobacco product" does not include any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for other therapeutic purposes where such product is marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.
T. "Unenclosed area"
means any area that is not an enclosed area.
U. "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 but is not limited to an apartment; a condominium; a townhouse; a room in a long-term health care facility, assisted living facility, or hospital; a hotel or motel room; 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.
(Ord. 88-529 § 1; Ord. 2016-720 § 2)