To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Deputy City Manager
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Smoking Regulations
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending the Napa Municipal Code by repealing Chapter 5.20 ("Cigarette Vending Machines"); repealing Chapter 8.20 ("Smoking") and replacing it with a new chapter 8.20 ("Smoking Regulations"); and amending sections 12.36.005 ("Definitions") and 12.36.280 ("Smoking Prohibited in all City Parks") relating to smoking in City parks.
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DISCUSSION:
On December 17, 2019, City Council received a report from the Napa Police Department with information on the significant issues surrounding use of e-cigarettes/vaping and the potential update of Napa Municipal Code ("NMC") to help address these issues and reflect changes to State Code relating to tobacco use. The Napa Police Department worked in partnership with local students participating in the Friday Night Lights program and representatives from Napa County's Health and Human Services Department to prepare the presentation and the recommended actions.
With today's approval, NMC Chapter 8.20 ("Smoking") will be repealed and replaced with a new chapter 8.20 ("Smoking Regulations") in order to:
* Broaden the purpose statement to include the protection of public health, safety and welfare relating to smoking and to secondhand smoke;
* Introduce definitions that identify the wide variety of tobacco products covered by this section, broaden the definition of smoking to include electronic devices, and define flavored tobacco products among other things;
* Identify the minimum age of 21 for purchase of tobacco products, to mirror California Penal Code Ch. 7.308; and
* Ban the sale of flavored tobacco products within the City of Napa.
Additionally, the recommended ordinance updates other chapters of NMC that regulate smoking. These include the repeal o...
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