REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 03/01/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance of the City of Corona amending Chapter 8.02 of the Corona Municipal Code relating to a renaming of the Chapter and the inclusion of a declaration of nuisance for secondhand smoke and associated policy for City enforcement of nuisance complaints
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider adopting an ordinance declaring secondhand smoke as a nuisance. The proposed ordinance would allow a private residence to abate seconded smoke that encroaches upon his or her property. Additionally, the City Council will consider adopting a City enforcement policy that states that the City will not expend staff time or other resources to enforce the nuisance declaration, clarifying that enforcement is solely a private matter.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of Ordinance No. 3365, first reading of an ordinance of the City of Corona, California amending Corona Municipal Code Chapter 8.02 relating to a renaming of the Chapter and the inclusion of a declaration of nuisance for secondhand smoke.
b. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-015 establishing a policy for the City's enforcement of secondhand smoke nuisance complaint and clarifying that enforcement is solely a private matter.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
At the Committee of the Whole (COTW) meeting of November 9, 2023, the City Council received a presentation and provided staff with direction on the development of an ordinance that would declare secondhand smoke as a nuisance and allow for the abatement of secondhand smoke by private citizens. A common complaint that is received from nonsmoking residents is what can they do when a neighbor smokes near their open window during a hot summer. Declaring secondhand smoke a nuisance allows for its abatement when...
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