§ 15-154. Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places.

(a)

Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within the unincorporated area of the county, including but not limited to, the following places:

(1)

All areas available to and customarily used by the general public in all businesses and nonprofit entities patronized by the public, including but not limited to, attorneys' offices and other offices, banks, and hotels and motels except rooms rented to guests.

(2)

Any facility which is primarily used for exhibiting any motion picture, stage, drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when smoking is part of a stage production and, in said event, the only smoking permitted in such a facility will be that smoking that is part of an incident to the performance.

(3)

Buses, shuttle buses, taxi cabs, and other means of public transit sponsored by or subject to the authority of the county, and ticket, boarding, and waiting areas of public transit depots.

(4)

Common areas in apartment buildings, condominiums, retirement facilities, nursing homes, and adult day care facilities.

(5)

Elevators.

(6)

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 county or any political subdivision of the State of California during such time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent the same is subject to the jurisdiction of the county.

(7)

Polling places.

(8)

Public areas of galleries, libraries, and museums when open to the public.

(9)

Retail food facilities.

(10)

Restrooms.

(11)

Retail stores.

(12)

Service lines.

(13)

Sports arenas.

(14)

Convention halls.

(15)

Waiting rooms, hallways, wards and semi-private rooms of health facilities, including but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, physical therapy facilities, doctors' offices, and dentists' offices.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any owner, operator, manager, or other person who controls any establishment or facility may declare that entire establishment or facility as a nonsmoking establishment or facility. Upon such declaration and posting of notice pursuant to Section 15-157, smoking shall be prohibited in such establishment or facility.

(Ord. No. 2581, § 1, 2-10-87; Ord. No. 3039, § 1, 12-1-92)

(Ord. No. 4100, § 4, 9-15-15)