Secondhand Smoke Control Ordinance

On April 3, 2007, the Burbank City Council adopted the proposed secondhand smoke control ordinance.  The ordinance became effective on May 12, 2007.

Notice: "No smoking" stickers are no longer available from the City of Burbank.  All business and property owners are responsible for obtaining their own signs.  Please visit the sign specifications page for more information.

» Sign specifications and requirements

» New! Online video about Secondhand Smoke Control Ordinance

Documents

» What You Should Know About Burbank's Secondhand Smoke Control Law brochure

» Business card handouts to educate smokers and others regarding the ordinance (download to print your own, or pick some up from the Planning and Transportation Division office)

» Application for designated smoking area to exceed 40% area limitation

» Secondhand smoke control ordinance as adopted by City Council (Ordinance No. 3717)

» Table summarizing final adopted ordinance

» Frequently Asked Questions for Property Owners and Businesses

» Frequently Asked Questions for Residents, Patrons, and Visitors

» Frequently Asked Questions for Multiple Family Residential Property Owners and Residents

Documents Cited in the Ordinance and Staff Report
The ordinance includes various facts about secondhand smoke that were taken from the City Council staff report.  The references from which these facts were taken will be attached to the staff report as exhibits.  The staff report is available from the City Clerk's office and on the City Council agenda web page.  These references are also available for download here:

California Department of Health Services. Indoor & Outdoor Secondhand Smoke Exposure Fact Sheet. October 2005.

California Environmental Protection Agency. Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant. June 24, 2005.

California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Notice to Interested Parties. June 9, 2006. http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/files/060906lstnotice.pdf.

Klepeis, Neil E. and Wayne R. Ott and Paul Switzer. Real-Time Monitoring of Outdoor Environmental Tobacco Smoke Concentrations: A Pilot Study (Pre-Release). Stanford University. March 1, 2004.

Repace, James. Measurements of Outdoor Air Pollution from Secondhand Smoke on the UMBC Campus. June 1, 2005.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program. Report on Carcinogens, Eleventh Edition. 2005.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General – Executive Summary. 2006.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Setting the Record Straight: Secondhand Smoke is a Preventable Health Risk. 1994. http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/strsfs.html.

Background Information
The staff report from the January 30, 2007 Council meeting, which discusses all of the options considered by the Council and approaches used by other cities, is available for download.

» download the January 30 staff report

If you have any questions regarding the proposed ordinance, please contact Michael Forbes in the Planning and Transportation Division at (818) 238-5250.