TOWN OF WINDSOR AGENDA REPORT

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1 ITEM NO. : 10.2 Town Council Meeting Date: May 17, 2017 TOWN OF WINDSOR AGENDA REPORT To: From: Subject: Mayor and Town Council Ken MacNab, Community Development Director Adoption of an Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Multi-Unit Buildings and Common Areas Recommendation to Council: Hold a second reading, by title only, and adopt an ordinance amending Title III, Chapter 20 of the Town of Windsor Code to prohibit smoking in multi-unit buildings and common areas. Background and Discussion: Smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) are harmful to the health of smokers and nonsmokers. SHS exposure increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and makes childhood asthma worse. SHS exposure is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. The California Air Resources Board declared SHS smoke to be a toxic air contaminant, putting it in the same classification as diesel exhaust, benzene, and arsenic. The United States Surgeon General has concluded that there is no risk-free level of exposure to SHS and neither separating smokers from nonsmokers nor installing ventilation systems eliminates exposure to secondhand smoke. There are numerous studies that document the health harm caused by exposure to secondhand smoke. In 2008, the Town of Windsor adopted an Ordinance prohibiting smoking in public places. Windsor Municipal Code Chapter 20 - Prohibition of Smoking was enacted to provide for the health, safety, and welfare by discouraging the inherently dangerous behavior of smoking around nonsmokers; by protecting children from exposure to smoking while they play; by protecting the public from smoking and smoking-related litter and pollution; and, by affirming and promoting the family atmosphere of the Town of Windsor parks and public places. Currently, Chapter 20 prohibits smoking in all recreational areas, playgrounds, outdoor dining areas, within 20 feet of a building entrance, opening, crack, or vent of a business. The definition of smoking in Chapter 20 includes inhaling or exhaling from, or possessing, a lighted pipe, lighted cigar, operating electronic smoking device, or lighted cigarette of any kind, or the lighting of a pipe, cigar, electronic smoking device, or cigarette of any kind, including but not limited to, tobacco, or any other weed or plant. As part of the direction provided to staff with respect to the implementation of Proposition 64, the Council included development and implementation of regulations extending the ban on smoking to include multi-family residential units as part of a larger goal addressing recreational marijuana. As such, the Town held two community workshops to receive public input on an ordinance prohibiting smoking in multi-unit buildings. Specific outreach was made to apartment owners and apartment residents. In response to the input received at these workshops, and in consultation with local experts and other communities who have adopted similar ordinances, staff prepared a draft ordinance that 1 of 2

2 would prohibit smoking in multi-unit buildings. The draft ordinance was presented to the Town Council at a noticed public hearing held on May 3, The draft ordinance amends Title III entitled Public Welfare of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code by modifying Chapter 20, entitled Prohibition of Smoking to prohibit smoking of tobacco, cannabis or any other substance in multi-unit residential buildings. Multiunit residential buildings are defined as residential properties containing two or more units with one or more shared walls, floors or ceilings, including but not limited to apartments, residential cooperatives, residential condominiums, residential care facilities licensed by the State, duplexes, and other attached housing. The draft ordinance would prohibit smoking in all existing and new units that are located in a multi-unit residential building, including any associated exclusive use enclosed area or unenclosed area, such as, for example, a private balcony, porch, deck, or patio. The draft ordinance would also prohibit smoking in any shared common area located on a multi-unit building property and increase the reasonable distance standard from 20 feet to 25 feet. At the May 3, 2017 Council meeting, staff noted that two condominium properties in Town which would be subject to the new ordinance currently allow smoking. The two properties were identified as the Town Green Village and Courtyards East, and both were notified of the proposed ordinance. The remainder of the units affected (mostly apartments) already have a nosmoking policy in place. After receiving a staff report, public testimony and deliberating on the draft ordinance, the Town Council took action to introduce the ordinance as drafted and hold a first reading, by title only. The motion to introduce was carried by a 4 to 1 vote in favor (Vice Mayor Foppoli voting no). Fiscal Impact: Based upon the experiences of other communities in Sonoma County, staff estimates that enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting smoking in multi-unit buildings will require one to three hours of existing staff time per month at an estimated annual cost of $2, A portion of this cost may be recovered through fines. Environmental Review: An ordinance prohibiting smoking in multi-unit buildings is general policy and procedure making and has no potential for resulting in a direct physical change in the environment, and is therefore not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. No further environmental review is required. Attachments: 1. Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Multi-Unit Buildings Clean Version 2. Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Multi-Unit Buildings Track Changes Version Prepared by: Ken MacNab Community Development Director Reviewed and Recommended by: Linda Kelly Town Manager 2 of 2

3 ATTACHMENT 1 ORDINANCE NO XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR AMENDING TITLE III, CHAPTER 20 OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR CODE TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS AND COMMON AREAS WHEREAS, the California Constitution, Article XI, Section 7, provides cities with the authority to enact ordinances to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens; and WHEREAS, numerous studies have found that smoking is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; and WHEREAS, reliable studies, including those by the Surgeon General of the United States, have shown that breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke is a significant health hazard, particularly to elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; and WHEREAS, health hazards induced by breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction and bronchospasm; and WHEREAS, nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke may experience loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to the same; and WHEREAS, persons, including tenants in multi-unit buildings, have a right to a smoke-free environment if they desire; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Windsor finds that prohibiting smoking in multiunit residential buildings is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare against smoking and secondhand smoke. NOW, THEREFORE, THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Definitions is hereby amended as follows: a. Business means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, or other entity formed for profit-making purposes or that has an employee, as defined in this section. b. Common area means every enclosed area or unenclosed area of a multi-unit building that residents of more than one (1) unit of that multi-unit building are entitled to enter or use, including but not limited to halls, paths, walkways, lobbies, courtyards, elevators, stairwells, community rooms, playgrounds, gym facilities, swimming pools, parking 1 of 5

4 garages, parking lots, shared restrooms, shared laundry rooms, common cooking areas and shared eating areas. c. Electronic smoking device means an electronic and/or battery-operated device, which can provide an inhalable dose of nicotine, cannabis, whether recreational or medical, or other substances by delivering a vaporized solution. "Electronic smoking device" includes any such electronic smoking 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. d. Employee means any person who is employed; retained as an independent contractor by an employer, as defined in this section; or any person who volunteers his or her services for an employer, association, nonprofit or volunteer entity. e. Employer means any person, partnership, corporation, association, nonprofit or other entity who employs or retains the services of one (1) or more persons or supervises volunteers. f. Enclosed area means all space between a floor and ceiling where the space is closed in on all sides by solid walls or windows that extend from the floor to the ceiling. An enclosed area may have openings for ingress and egress, such as doorways or passageways. g. Existing unit means any unit that is not a new unit. h. Landlord means any person who owns property rented for residential use, any person who lets residential property, and any person who manages such property, except that "Landlord" does not include a master tenant who sublets a unit as long as the master tenant sublets only a single unit of a multi-unit building. i. Multi-unit building means residential property containing two or more units with one or more shared walls, floors or ceilings, including but not limited to apartments, residential cooperatives, residential condominiums, duplexes, residential care facilities for seniors licensed by the State of California and other attached housing. "Multi-unit building" does not include: (1) A hotel or motel; (2) A mobile home park; (3) A campground; (4) A single-family detached residence; (5) A single-family home with an attached or detached second dwelling unit as defined by Government Code Section when permitted pursuant to local ordinance and/or applicable state law; j. New unit means a multi-unit building that is issued a certificate of occupancy or final inspection on or after June 16, 2017, and a unit that is leased or rented for the first time on or after June 16, of 5

5 k. Nonprofit entity means any entity that meets the requirements of California Corporations Code Section 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 public agency is not a nonprofit within the meaning of this section. l. Outdoor dining area means any outdoor area available to or customarily used by the general public, which is designed, established, or regularly used for consuming food or drink. m. Playground means any park designed in part to be used by children that has play or sports equipment installed or has been designated or landscaped for play or sports activities, or any similar facility located on public or private school grounds, or on Town grounds. n. Reasonable distance means a distance that ensures that occupants of an area in which smoking is prohibited are not exposed to secondhand smoke created by smokers outside the area. The distance shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) horizontal feet. o. Recreational area means any area owned and operated by the Town and open to the general public for recreational purposes, including gardens, the Town Green, playgrounds, and picnic and barbeque areas, sporting facilities, including bleachers, dugouts, balls fields, tennis courts, swimming pools and surrounding areas, walking, running, biking and nature trails. p. Smoking means inhaling or exhaling from, or possessing, a lighted pipe, lighted cigar, operating electronic smoking device, or lighted cigarette of any kind, or the lighting of a pipe, cigar, electronic smoking device, or cigarette of any kind, including but not limited to, tobacco, cannabis, or any other weed or plant. q. Unenclosed area means any area that is not an enclosed area. r. Unit means a residential 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, garage, carport, porch, deck, or patio. SECTION 2. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Prohibition on Smoking is hereby amended as follows: a. Smoking shall be prohibited in the following places within the Town of Windsor except in such places in which smoking is already prohibited by State or Federal law in which case the State or Federal law applies: 1. Recreational area; 2. Playground; 3 of 5

6 3. Outdoor dining area; 4. Multi-unit building and common areas. SECTION 3. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Reasonable Distance Required - 20 Horizontal Feet is hereby amended as follows: Reasonable Distance Required 25 Horizontal Feet. a. Smoking shall be prohibited within a reasonable distance from any entrance, opening, crack, or vent of a business and multi-unit building, except while actively passing on the way to another destination and without entering or crossing any area which smoking is prohibited. SECTION 4. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Duty of Employer, Business, or Nonprofit Entity is hereby amended as follows: Duty of Employer, Business, Nonprofit Entity, or Landlord. a. No employer, business, nonprofit entity, or landlord shall knowingly or intentionally permit smoking in an area which is under the employer's, business', nonprofit entity's, or landlord s control and in which smoking is prohibited. b. No employer, business, nonprofit entity, or landlord shall knowingly or intentionally permit the presence or placement of ash receptacles, such as, without limitation, ash trays or ash cans, within an area which is under the employer's, business', nonprofit entity's, or landlord s control and in which smoking is prohibited, including, without limitation, inside the perimeter of any reasonable distance required by this chapter. c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any employer, business, nonprofit entity, landlord, or other person who controls any area may declare that any part of such area in which smoking would otherwise be permitted is a nonsmoking area. d. Every landlord of a multi-unit building, as defined in this chapter, in order to demonstrate compliance with the applicable provisions in this chapter, shall at a minimum include in every lease or rental agreement a provision prohibiting any smoking within any such unit, including any exclusive use areas such as patios, balconies and porches, as well as in common areas and on the property, as a whole. Such provision, which may be incorporated by amendment to house rules applicable to the property, shall (1) state that any violation of the smoking prohibition by, through or under the control of tenant be construed as a material breach of the lease or rental agreement, and (2) be included in any rental or lease agreement at the soonest date possible for those units already in existence and occupied pursuant to a lease other than a month-to-month lease as of the effective date of the ordinance. Units rented or leased on a month-to-month basis, and owneroccupied multi-unit building residences, shall be converted to nonsmoking no later than 60 days from the effective date of this ordinance. 4 of 5

7 e. Compliance with the requirement set forth in (d.) above shall not excuse the landlord of a multi-unit building from taking appropriate steps to ensure tenant compliance with this chapter. Landlord shall be prepared to respond to and address complaints from other tenants on the property of violations of the smoking prohibitions. f. For purposes of this section, appropriate steps shall include the following: 1. Posting signs in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. 2. Sending every tenant written information on an annual basis for the first three years following the adoption of this ordinance about the requirements of this chapter, to include no smoking requirements and the location, if any, of a designated smoking area on the property. 3. Notifying each tenant who is the subject of a smoking complaint of the requirements of this chapter as well as the fact that a complaint was lodged against the tenant and encouraging compliance. g. So long as Landlord can demonstrate that it has implemented all of the appropriate steps towards compliance with this ordinance, Landlord shall not be found in violation of the ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May 2017, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: ATTEST: DEBORA FUDGE, MAYOR MARIA DE LA O, TOWN CLERK 5 of 5

8 ATTACHMENT 2 ORDINANCE NO XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR AMENDING TITLE III, CHAPTER 20 OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR CODE TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS AND COMMON AREAS WHEREAS, the California Constitution, Article XI, Section 7, provides cities with the authority to enact ordinances to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens; and WHEREAS, numerous studies have found that smoking is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; and WHEREAS, reliable studies, including those by the Surgeon General of the United States, have shown that breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke is a significant health hazard, particularly to elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; and WHEREAS, health hazards induced by breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction and bronchospasm; and WHEREAS, nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing sidestream or secondhand smoke may experience loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to the same; and WHEREAS, persons, including tenants in multi-unit buildings, have a right to a smoke-free environment if they desire; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Windsor finds that prohibiting smoking in multiunit residential buildings is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare against smoking and secondhand smoke. NOW, THEREFORE, the Town Council of the Town of Windsor does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Definitions is hereby amended as follows (additions bold and underlined, deletions struckthrough): a. Business means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, or other entity formed for profit-making purposes or that has an employee, as defined in this section. b. Common area means every enclosed area or unenclosed area of a multi-unit building that residents of more than one (1) unit of that multi-unit building are entitled to enter or use, including but not limited to halls, paths, walkways, lobbies, courtyards, elevators, stairwells, community rooms, playgrounds, gym facilities, swimming pools, parking garages, parking lots, shared restrooms, shared laundry rooms, common

9 j.c. cooking areas and shared eating areas. Electronic smoking device means an electronic and/or battery-operated device, which can provide an inhalable dose of nicotine, cannabis, whether recreational or medical, or other substances by delivering a vaporized solution. "Electronic smoking device" includes any such electronic smoking 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. c.d. Employee means any person who is employed; retained as an independent contractor by an employer, as defined in this section; or any person who volunteers his or her services for an employer, association, nonprofit or volunteer entity. d.e. Employer means any person, partnership, corporation, association, nonprofit or other entity who employs or retains the services of one (1) or more persons or supervises volunteers. f. Enclosed area means all space between a floor and ceiling where the space is closed in on all sides by solid walls or windows that extend from the floor to the ceiling. An enclosed area may have openings for ingress and egress, such as doorways or passageways. g. Existing unit means any unit that is not a new unit. h. Landlord means any person who owns property rented for residential use, any person who lets residential property, and any person who manages such property, except that "Landlord" does not include a master tenant who sublets a unit as long as the master tenant sublets only a single unit of a multi-unit building. i. Multi-unit building means residential property containing two or more units with one or more shared walls, floors or ceilings, including but not limited to apartments, residential cooperatives, residential condominiums, duplexes, residential care facilities for seniors licensed by the State of California and other attached housing. "Multi-unit building" does not include: (1) A hotel or motel; (2) A mobile home park; (3) A campground; (4) A single-family detached residence; (5) A single-family home with an attached or detached second dwelling unit as defined by Government Code Section when permitted pursuant to local ordinance and/or applicable state law; j. New unit means a multi-unit building that is issued a certificate of occupancy or final inspection on or after June 16, 2017, and a unit that is leased or rented for the first time on or after June 16, e.k. Nonprofit entity means any entity that meets the requirements of California Corporations Code Section 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

10 f.l. purposes of the entity and not to private gain. A public agency is not a nonprofit within the meaning of this section. Outdoor dining area means any outdoor area available to or customarily used by the general public, which is designed, established, or regularly used for consuming food or drink. g.m. Playground means any park designed in part to be used by children that has play or sports equipment installed or has been designated or landscaped for play or sports activities, or any similar facility located on public or private school grounds, or on Town grounds. h.n. Reasonable distance means a distance that ensures that occupants of an area in which smoking is prohibited are not exposed to secondhand smoke created by smokers outside the area. The distance shall be a minimum of twenty (20) twenty-five (25) horizontal feet. i.o. Recreational area means any area owned and operated by the Town and open to the general public for recreational purposes, including gardens, the Town Green, playgrounds, and picnic and barbeque areas, sporting facilities, including bleachers, dugouts, balls fields, tennis courts, swimming pools and surrounding areas, walking, running, biking and nature trails. j.p. Smoking means inhaling or exhaling from, or possessing, a lighted pipe, lighted cigar, operating electronic smoking device, or lighted cigarette of any kind, or the lighting of a pipe, cigar, electronic smoking device, or cigarette of any kind, including but not limited to, tobacco, cannabis, or any other weed or plant. q. Unenclosed area means any area that is not an enclosed area. r. Unit means a residential 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, garage, carport, porch, deck, or patio. SECTION 2. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Prohibition on Smoking is hereby amended as follows (additions bold and underlined, deletions struckthrough): a. Smoking shall be prohibited in the following places within the Town of Windsor except in such places in which smoking is already prohibited by State or Federal law in which case the State or Federal law applies: 1. Recreational area; 2. Playground; 3. Outdoor dining area.; 4. Multi-unit building and common areas. SECTION 3. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Reasonable Distance Required - 20 Horizontal Feet is hereby amended as follows (additions bold and underlined, deletions struckthrough): Reasonable Distance Required Horizontal Feet.

11 a. Smoking shall be prohibited within a reasonable distance from any entrance, opening, crack, or vent of a business and multi-unit building, except while actively passing on the way to another destination and without entering or crossing any area which smoking is prohibited. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit smoking in a private residence. SECTION 4. Section of the Town of Windsor Municipal Code entitled Duty of Employer, Business, or Nonprofit Entity is hereby amended as follows (additions bold and underlined, deletions struckthrough): Duty of Employer, Business, or Nonprofit Entity, or Landlord. a. No employer, business, or nonprofit entity, or landlord shall knowingly or intentionally permit smoking in an area which is under the employer's, business', or nonprofit entity's, or landlord s control and in which smoking is prohibited. b. No employer, business, or nonprofit entity, or landlord shall knowingly or intentionally permit the presence or placement of ash receptacles, such as, without limitation, ash trays or ash cans, within an area which is under the employer's, business', or nonprofit entity's, or landlord s control and in which smoking is prohibited, including, without limitation, inside the perimeter of any reasonable distance required by this chapter. c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any employer, business, nonprofit entity, landlord, or other person who controls any area may declare that any part of such area in which smoking would otherwise be permitted is a nonsmoking area. d. Every landlord of a multi-unit building, as defined in this chapter, in order to demonstrate compliance with the applicable provisions in this chapter, shall at a minimum include in every lease or rental agreement a provision prohibiting any smoking within any such unit, including any exclusive use areas such as patios, balconies and porches, as well as in common areas and on the property, as a whole. Such provision, which may be incorporated by amendment to house rules applicable to the property, shall (1) state that any violation of the smoking prohibition by, through or under the control of tenant be construed as a material breach of the lease or rental agreement, and (2) be included in any rental or lease agreement at the soonest date possible for those units already in existence and occupied pursuant to a lease other than a month-to-month lease as of the effective date of the ordinance. Units rented or leased on a month-to-month basis, and owner-occupied multi-unit building residences, shall be converted to nonsmoking no later than 60 days from the effective date of this ordinance. e. Compliance with the requirement set forth in (d.) above shall not excuse the landlord of a multi-unit building from taking appropriate steps to ensure tenant compliance with this chapter. Landlord shall be prepared to respond to and address complaints from other tenants on the property of violations of the smoking prohibitions. f. For purposes of this section, appropriate steps shall include the following: 1. Posting signs in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. 2. Sending every tenant written information on an annual basis for the first three years following the adoption of this ordinance about the requirements of this chapter, to include no smoking requirements and the location, if any, of a

12 designated smoking area on the property. 3. Notifying each tenant who is the subject of a smoking complaint of the requirements of this chapter as well as the fact that a complaint was lodged against the tenant and encouraging compliance. g. So long as Landlord can demonstrate that it has implemented all of the appropriate steps towards compliance with this ordinance, Landlord shall not be found in violation of the ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this day of 2017, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: ATTEST: DEBORA FUDGE, MAYOR MARIA DE LA O, TOWN CLERK