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Title 12 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

Chapter 12.68 — SMOKING IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES

Berkeley Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Berkeley

12.68.020 Violation--Penalty.

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12.68.010 Smoking prohibited in designated locations--Exceptions.

It is unlawful for any person to smoke any cigar, pipe or cigarette, or to carry any lighted cigar, pipe or cigarette within any streetcar, motorbus, transbay train unit, or other public utility passenger vehicle being operated within the City. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to render unlawful smoking within the units of transbay trains nor the portions of the equipment of commercial railroads designed for or set aside for smoking by the utility operating such trains or equipment. (Ord. 2950-NS § 1, 1948)

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12.68.020 Violation--Penalty.

Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction as set forth in Chapter 1.20 of this code. (Ord. 5591-NS § 1 (part), 1984; Ord. 2950-NS § 2, 1948)

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