(As always, there is no smoking permitted in or around the 33 North premises.)
San Rafael’s smoking law, passed by the city council unanimously last year, applies to any residence sharing a wall with another residence, regardless of whether or not it is owner-occupied or renter-occupied. After a one-year long grace period and public information campaign, the rule is now being enforced.
“We based it on a county ordinance, but we modified it, and ended up making it the strictest,” Rebecca Woodbury, a policy analyst for the city, told ABC News.
While this particular law is the first of its kind, there are similar laws in the area. Just 40 miles away in Belmont, a smoking ban was passed, but it didn’t apply to all dwellings that share a wall.
Multi-family housing makes up 44 percent of the housing market in San Rafael. There are about 600 properties in the city with three or more units, which translates to 8,000 total multi-family rental units out of 23,636 total housing units.
While this new law is probably not the best news for smokers, its goal is to help make the community as healthy and hospitable as it can get. According to a U.S. Surgeon General report, secondhand smoke kills about 50,000 Americans per year, including 430 infants.
Please pass along this blog post to any 33 North residents you feel might be interested in learning more about the new ordinance.
Click here to read additional coverage of San Rafael’s new smoking ban.
“We based it on a county ordinance, but we modified it, and ended up making it the strictest,” Rebecca Woodbury, a policy analyst for the city, told ABC News.
While this particular law is the first of its kind, there are similar laws in the area. Just 40 miles away in Belmont, a smoking ban was passed, but it didn’t apply to all dwellings that share a wall.
Multi-family housing makes up 44 percent of the housing market in San Rafael. There are about 600 properties in the city with three or more units, which translates to 8,000 total multi-family rental units out of 23,636 total housing units.
While this new law is probably not the best news for smokers, its goal is to help make the community as healthy and hospitable as it can get. According to a U.S. Surgeon General report, secondhand smoke kills about 50,000 Americans per year, including 430 infants.
Please pass along this blog post to any 33 North residents you feel might be interested in learning more about the new ordinance.
Click here to read additional coverage of San Rafael’s new smoking ban.
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