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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.4 Smoking Pollution Control Ord STAFF REPORT CITY COUNCIL DATE:August 16, 2016 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager SUBJECT: Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance for Apartment Housing Annual Compliance Report Prepared by: Kim Obstfeld, Housing Specialist EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In 2011, the Dublin City Council adopted an Ordinance that amended the Smoking Pollution Control provisions (Chapter 5.56) of the Dublin Municipal Code to require that apartment communities (with 16 or more units) designate at least 75 percent of units as non-smoking. The City Council will receive a report regarding compliance with the Ordinance provisions. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council receive the report. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None DESCRIPTION: On July 19, 2011, the City Council adopted an ordinance that amended Chapter 5.56 of the Dublin Municipal Code, titled Smoking Pollution Control. The Ordinance requires that apartment communities with 16 or more rental apartment units designate at least 75 percent of units as non-smoking. In order to verify compliance, the Ordinance includes a provision that requires landlords or property managers at each eligible community to submit an annual compliance report to the City. Staff has collected annual surveys for the 2016 reporting year from all eligible apartment communities. All complexes were found to be in compliance with the Ordinance. Current Non-smoking Units A total of 22 apartment communities are subject to the Ordinance. These communities Page 1 of 2 comprise 5,270 units (up from 5,018 in 2015). As of January 1, 2016, 5,150 of these units (98%) are designated as non-smoking. This is an increase from last year, when 4,803 units (96%) were designated as non-smoking. All but three Dublin apartment communities are now 100 percent non-smoking, down from six communities in January 2015. Park Sierra, Sofi, and Tralee converted all units to non-smoking over the past year. The table below shows the number and percentage of non-smoking units in Dublin rental communities in 2015 and 2016. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: A copy of the Staff Report was provided to all apartment complexes required to report under the Ordinance. ATTACHMENTS: None Page 2 of 2