Sec. 6-18.006. Posting of signs.

(b) Smoking is prohibited in all outdoor areas owned or leased by the county including, but not limited to, parking lots, walkways, and the grounds of all buildings owned or leased by the county. Smoking on county property will be allowed only at the following areas:

(1) At the Day Reporting Center at the designated smoking area;

(2) At the Sheriff's Office, Monroe Detention Center, and Juvenile Detention Facility in the designated employee smoking areas;

(3) At the Public Defender's Office in all areas located 20 feet from entrances, exits, windows, and intake vents;

(4) At the Yolo Emergency Communication Agency at the designated employee smoking areas.

(c) Smoking is prohibited in all those enclosed areas of any public place which are intended to be accessible to or which are customarily used by the general public. Such public places include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit which are based in and subject to the authority of the county;

(2) Public transit stations or depots;

(3) Retail stores and any other commercial outlets open to all or any segment of the public;

(4) Restaurants, including those in private clubs;

(5) Bars, including those in private clubs;

(6) Aquariums, galleries, libraries and museums;

(7) Any theater or other facility which is primarily used for exhibiting any motion picture, stage, drama lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except that actors may smoke as part of a stage production performed therein;

(8) Sports arenas and convention halls;

(9) Every room, chamber, or other place used for public meetings or public assembly while a meeting which is open to the general public is in progress and for a period of time preceding such meeting as necessary to ensure that residual smoke is not present during the meeting;

(10) Waiting rooms, sleeping rooms, hallways, wards and semiprivate and private rooms of private and public health facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, physical therapy facilities, doctors' offices and dentists' offices;

(11) Malls and other multiple-unit commercial facilities;

(12) Polling places;

(13) Bingo parlors;

(14) Offices when open to the public, including but not limited to attorneys' and other professionals' offices;

(15) Banks;

(16) Laundromats;

(17) Hotels and motels, except as provided in Section 6-18.005;

(18) Educational facilities;

(19) Retail service establishments; and

(20) Restaurants, hotel and motel conference or meeting rooms and public or private assembly rooms if one or more employees normally frequent the enclosed area during the course of employment and while the area is being used for private functions.

(d) Without limiting the generality of subsection(c) of this section, smoking is specifically prohibited in the following areas of any public place:

(1) Waiting areas (only if the public place is enclosed);

(2) Restrooms;

(3) Service lines (only if the public place is enclosed);

(4) Elevators; and

(5) Lobbies, hallways and other common areas.

(e) 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, whether enclosed or not.

(Ord. 1461, eff. November 12, 2015; Ord. 1492, eff. January 1, 2019)

Sec. 6-18.004. Regulation of smoking in places of employment.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, smoking is prohibited in all enclosed places of employment. Each employer associated with each such place of employment shall make reasonable efforts, as necessary, to ensure that all enclosed areas in the place of employment controlled by such employer are free from tobacco smoke or other smoke emanating from smoking products. As used in this subsection, "reasonable efforts" shall not include the incurring of any expense to make structural or other physical modifications. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an employer in its discretion from making any such modifications on a voluntary basis.

(b) Each employer having an enclosed place of employment located within the county shall adopt, implement, make known and maintain a written smoking policy which shall contain the following requirements:

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, and all other enclosed areas.

(c) The employer shall communicate the requirements of subsection (b) of this section to all employees concurrently with adoption of the smoking policy.

(d) An employer shall supply a written copy of the employer's smoking policy which includes such requirements upon request to any current or prospective employee of such employer.

(e) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any enclosed workplace occupied by a single individual, whether a sole proprietor, sole employee of a closely-held corporation or otherwise, if such workplace shares with any other enclosed workplace a common heating, cooling or ventilation system or any other opening through which smoke may pass into any other enclosed workplace.

(f) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to those enclosed areas of buildings owned or used by private clubs, fraternal organizations, health clubs and similar groups, if one or more employees normally frequent the enclosed area during the course of employment and while the area is being used by members or guests of the club, organization or group.