§ 2.126.050. Departmental guidelines.

A.

In furtherance of the policy and objectives stated in Sections 2.126.010 and 2.126.030, and consistent with the provisions of this chapter 2.126, each county department shall develop and adopt, and thereafter maintain, a policy to control smoking within its workplace.

B.

Within 120 days from adoption of the ordinance amending Chapter 2.126, and thereafter as may be requested by the chief administrative officer, each county department shall report to the chief administrative officer the status of implementation of the department's no-smoking policy.

C.

Notification of the departmental policy shall be made to all employees as soon as adopted and to all new employees at the time of hire.

D.

With the prior written approval of the chief administrative officer, a department may designate any interior common or shared work area as a segregated area, with both smoking and no-smoking sections. Any such designation shall meet conditions specified by the chief administrative officer, which condition may include but not be limited to, the following:

1.

The area is not open to the general public;

2.

Employees are assigned to a post or station within the area at which work cannot be interrupted; and

3.

Employees assigned to such post or station cannot reasonably be provided rest periods or work breaks away from the post or station.

The smoking section(s) in any such segregated area shall be located in proximity to the return-air inlet of the air-conditioning system whenever possible.

E.

The general public shall conform to these rules wherever applicable.

F.

Nothing in these sections shall be construed to require the county or any individual department of the county to make structural changes or other physical modifications to existing facilities.

(Ord. 92-0014 § 6, 1992.)