HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2033
1
ORDINANCE NO.2033
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING SECTION 8.18.040 OF CHAPTER 8.18 OF TITLE 8 OF THE BURLINGAME
MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE PERMANENT A PREVIOUSLY TEMPORARY BAN ON
SMOKING IN THE BROADWAY AND DOWNTOWN BURLINGAME PEDESTRIAN
RETAIL DISTRICTS; CEQA DETERMINATION: EXEMPT PURSUANT TO STATE
CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15378 AND 15061(b)(3)
WHEREAS, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the
U.S. Public Health Service estimates that exposure to secondhand smoke causes an
estimated 41,000 deaths each year1; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has stated that the
adverse health effects of second-hand smoke remain the same regardless of whether the
exposure occurs indoors or outdoors, and that outdoor secondhand smoke inhalation poses
health risks to children2; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) has found that as
of 2019, only 6.9% of Californians currently smoke cigarettes3; and
WHEREAS, the Burlingame Municipal Code currently prohibits smoking in various
portions of the City, including (but not limited to) buildings, restaurants, sports fields, and
within 25 feet of most city-owned parks and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to further regulate smoking within
areas of Burlingame with high pedestrian traffic, to protect the 93% of the population who
abstain from smoking from secondhand smoke exposure; and
WHEREAS, prior to implementation at multiple higher pedestrian traffic areas, the
City Council first desired to implement a smoking prohibition in one district for limited
duration, to better determine how to successfully implement a larger, permanent program
for other high pedestrian traffic locations in the City; and
1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of
Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014. Printed with corrections, January 2014.
2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Is outdoor exposure to secondhand smoke comparable to indoors?
Accessed 10 March 2023. www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/outdoor-exposure-secondhand-smoke-
comparable-indoors
3 California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program. California Tobacco Facts and
Figures 2021. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Public Health; November 2021.
Docusign Envelope ID: CF52BF86-6D25-418E-96CC-678A528C79B9
2
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2016, adopted in April 2023, the City Council
did implement a temporary smoking prohibition in the Broadway Business Improvement
District; and
WHEREAS, based on the success of this regulation in protecting the public health
and welfare of residents and visitors, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021 in
November 2023, which extended the Broadway Business Improvement District’s temporary
ban until December 31, 2024, and further expanded it to the City’s other main pedestrian
area on and around Burlingame Avenue; and
WHEREAS, through Ordinance No. 2021, and to more clearly establish the
geographic limits of the ban, the City Council defined the ban’s limits to the “Broadway
Pedestrian Retail District” and the “Downtown Burlingame Pedestrian Retail District,” maps
of which can be found in Burlingame Municipal Code Section 8.18.020; and
WHEREAS, based on the continued success of these temporary bans in protecting
the public’s health and welfare, the City Council now wishes to remove the ir January 1,
2025 expiration date, thereby creating permanent outdoor smoking bans in the Broadway
and Downtown Burlingame Pedestrian Retail Districts; and
WHEREAS, based upon the recitals above, the City Council finds that the
amendments to this Chapter are necessary for the protection of public health, safety, and
welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct, and are hereby
incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds that this Ordinance is in the public
interest.
Section 3. The Ordinance is not a project within the meaning of section 15378 of
the CEQA Guidelines because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the
environment, either directly or ultimately. In the event that this Ordinance is found to be a
project under CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA exemption contained in CEQA Guidelines
section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty to have no possibility of a
significant effect on the environment.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
Docusign Envelope ID: CF52BF86-6D25-418E-96CC-678A528C79B9
3
or sections of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby declares
that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Section 5. Chapter 8.18 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is amended as
reflected in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Exhibit A
shows additions with underlined text and deletions with strike out text. The Sections of
the Chapter which do not include amendments are not shown in this exhibit, and remain
unchanged.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall go into effect 30 days following its adoption.
Section 7. The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance in a manner
required by law.
_____________________
Donna Colson, Mayor
I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on 4th
day of November 2024 and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 18th day of November, 2024 by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BROWNRIGG, COLSON, LEE, PAPPAJOHN, STEVENSON
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ATTEST: ___________________________________
Meaghan Hassel - Shearer, City Clerk
Docusign Envelope ID: CF52BF86-6D25-418E-96CC-678A528C79B9
4
EXHIBIT A
Chapter 8.18 – Smoking
8.18.040 Prohibition of smoking in public places.
(a) Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places, including, but not limited
to, the following places:
(1) Elevators and restrooms;
(2) Buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit under the authority of the city of
Burlingame;
(3) Service lines;
(4) Retail stores;
(5) Restaurants;
(6) 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, business
offices, and banks;
(7) Public areas of aquariums, libraries and museums when open to the public;
(8) Any building not open to the sky which is used primarily for exhibiting any motion
picture, stage drama, lecture, musical recital or other similar performance, except when
smoking is part of any such production;
(9) Enclosed sports arenas;
(10) Doctors’ offices, dentists’ offices, waiting rooms, hallways, wards and semi-private
rooms of health facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics and physical
therapy facilities;
(11) Every room, chamber, place of meeting or public assembly, including school
buildings under the control of any board, council, commission, committee including joint
Docusign Envelope ID: CF52BF86-6D25-418E-96CC-678A528C79B9
5
committees, or agencies of the city or any political subdivision of the state during such
time as a public meeting is in progress, to the extent such place is subject to the
jurisdiction of the city;
(12) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in apartment buildings,
condominiums, senior citizen residences, nursing homes, and other multiple-unit
residential facilities;
(13) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in multiple -unit commercial facilities;
(14) Polling places;
(15) Warehouse facilities of any size.
(b) In addition to, and not in place of, all other prohibitions in this Chapter and under
State and Federal Law, smoking shall also be prohibited within the public right of way in
the following open spaces:
(1) Throughout the Downtown Burlingame and Broadway Pedestrian Retail Districts.
However, this prohibition shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2024.
Docusign Envelope ID: CF52BF86-6D25-418E-96CC-678A528C79B9