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Proposed Ordinance Virtual Workshop - No Smoking in and around Multi-Unit Residences

  • Date: 06/13/2023 7:00 PM  

The City of Torrance will be hosting a series of virtual workshops to provide information to the community on a proposed ordinance to prohibit smoking in and around multi-unit residences.  No reservation is necessary.  To review a copy of the proposed ordinance or find out more information, please contact Leslie Cortez, Senior Administrative Analyst, at (310) 618-5990 or LCortez@TorranceCA.Gov.

Virtual Workshop Dates:

As background, the City’s Environmental Quality and Energy Conservation Commission (TEQECC) has recently been reviewing and discussing an ordinance to prohibit smoking in and around multi-unit residences (see attached).  The proposed ordinance would amend the Torrance Municipal Code by adding Chapter 19 entitled “Smoking in Multi-Family Dwellings” to Division 4 of the Torrance Municipal Code.  The purpose and intent of the proposed ordinance is to prohibit smoking in and around multi-unit residences to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of residents within the City of Torrance.  The ordinance would require multi-unit residences to be smoke-free in the following areas:

 

  • Indoor and common areas, such as halls, pathways, lobbies, stairwells, mail areas/rooms, community rooms, playgrounds, pools, laundry rooms, and parking lots;
  • Individual units, including exclusive use balconies, porches, decks and patios; and
  • A buffer zone of 25 feet around any doorway, window, opening or vent into a multi-unit residence.

 

For purposes of the proposed ordinance, a multi-unit residence includes a lot with two or more units, including, but not limited to, apartments, townhomes, condominium complexes, senior and assisted living facilities, and long-term health care facilities; or a lot with a unit attached to another unit on an adjacent lot, including but not limited to attached townhomes.  The following do not constitute “units”:  hotels; single-family homes; duplexes on a single-family Lot, accessory dwelling units, junior accessory dwelling units, and mobile homes in a mobile home park. 

 

Other areas covered by the proposed ordinance are shown below.

 

  • Purpose and Intent
  • Definitions
  • Smoking Prohibition in Multi-Unit Residence Units
  • Smoking Prohibition in Multi-Unit Residence Common Areas Except in Designated Smoking Areas
  • Smoking Prohibition within Buffer Zones
  • Temporary Exemption
  • Responsibility of Persons with Legal Control of Nonsmoking Areas
  • Notice and Signage Requirements
  • Lease Agreement Requirements
  • Exception for Drug, Device, or Combination Product Authorized by United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Smoking and Smoke Generally
  • Prohibitions Apply to Cannabis
  • Education
  • Penalties and Enforcement
  • Termination of Tenancy; Requirements, and
  • Authority to Adopt Regulations to Implement this Chapter.
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