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POR 2016 #5 · Agenda item attachment · Jan 11 2016
That the matter of creating smoke free places of employment to protect all workers in unenclosed areas be referred to the Ordinance Committee for consideration
8.28.050 - Definitions for Prohibition of Smoking in Workplaces.
For the purposes of this ordinance, in addition to the definitions in 8.28.020 above, the following words shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this paragraph:
Agent or Business Agent. An individual who has been designated by the owner or operator of any
establishment to be the manager or otherwise in charge of said establishment.
Employee. Any individual person who performs services for an employer.
Employer. An individual person, partnership, association, corporation, trust, or other organized group of
individuals, including the City of Cambridge or any agency thereof, which utilizes the services of one or more
individual employees, with or without compensation.
Enclosed Area. A space bounded by walls (with or without windows) from the floor to the ceiling and
enclosed by doors. An enclosed area may include, but is not limited to, offices, rooms, and halls.
Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind
including, but not limited to an owner, operator, manager, proprietor or person in charge of any building,
establishment, business, or restaurant or retail store, or the agents or designees of any of the foregoing.
Private Club. A not-for-profit establishment created and organized pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 180 as a charitable
corporation with a defined membership. A private club is not a place of public accommodation but rather
distinctly private. Criteria used to determine whether a club is distinctly private include, but are not limited to,
those factors identified in 204 CMR 10.02. If a private club holds an alcoholic beverage license, said license
shall be a "club license" or a "war veterans club license" as defined by M.G.L. Ch. 138. Sec. 12 and by the
Massachusetts Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. Said license is subject to the terms set forth by the
local licensing authority.
Smoking. Inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, nicotine delivery
product, snuff or tobacco in any manner or in any form.
Workplace. Any enclosed area of a structure or portion thereof at which one or more employees perform
services for their employer. Workplace includes hallways, stairwells, lobbies, elevators and restrooms.
Workplace. Any area or structure, whether enclosed or unenclosed, under the control of an employer at which
one or more employees perform services for their employer. Workplace includes, but is not limited to,
hallways, stairwells, lobbies elevators, restroom facilities, work areas, construction sites, temporary offices
such as trailers, and vehicles. Workplace shall not include any space specifically and clearly designated by the
employer as an outdoor smoking area for employees only.
(Ord. No. 1364, Repealed & Replaced, 01/29/2015)
8.28.060 - Prohibition of Smoking in Workplaces.
A. Smoking is prohibited in all workplaces, including private clubs.
B. It shall be unlawful for any employer or other person having control of premises upon which smoking is
prohibited by this chapter, or the agent or designee of such person, to permit a violation of this chapter.
C. The Cambridge Public Health Department may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the
implementation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 1364, Repealed & Replaced, 01/29/2015)
8.28.070. - Prohibition of Smoking in Workplaces Enforcement and Penalties.
A. Any establishment who violates this chapter shall be subject to a fine in an amount of one hundred dollars
for a first offense, two hundred dollars for a second offense and three hundred dollars for a third or
subsequent offense within a twenty-four month period from the first offense. Any private individual who
violates this chapter shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars. Each day a violation occurs will be
considered a separate offense.
B. As an alternative to initiating criminal proceedings, violations of this Section II. of this chapter may be
enforced in the manner provided in MGL c.40, s.21D. Any fines imposed under the provisions of this
chapter shall inure to the City of Cambridge. For the purposes of this chapter, the following shall be
enforcing officers: Police Officers; and employees of the License Commission, the Public Health
Department and Inspectional Services Department or their designees.
C. Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this chapter may request that the Cambridge Public
Health Department initiate an investigation.
(Ord. No. 1364, Repealed & Replaced, 01/29/2015)