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Article III — Smoking Pollution Control

§ 14-15. Definitions. [Ord. No. 897.]

Oakdale Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Oakdale

The following words and phrases whenever used in this chapter, unless the content indicates otherwise, shall be construed as defined in this section.

  • (a) SMOKING — Shall mean lighting, inhaling, exhaling, or burning any pipe, cigar, cigarette, weed, or plant, or carrying any lighted pipe, lighted cigar, lighted cigarette, lighted weed, lighted plant, or other ignited combustible substance in any manner or in any form.

  • (b) PERSON — Shall mean any natural person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, joint venture, business trust, joint stock company, club, or other organization of any kind except the City of Oakdale or any other public agency.

  • (c) EMPLOYEE — Shall mean any person who is employed by any employer in the consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit.

  • (d) PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT — Shall mean any enclosed area under the control of a public or private employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including, but not limited to:

    • (1) Work areas;

    • (2) Conference and classrooms;

    • (3) Employee cafeterias;

    • (4) Employee lounges and restrooms; and

    • (5) Hallways.

  • (e) WORK AREA OR WORK PLACE — Shall mean any area of a place of employment enclosed by floor to ceiling walls in which two or more employees are assigned to perform work for an employer.

  • (f) BUSINESS — Shall mean any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or other business entity formed for profit making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold as well as professional corporations and other entities under which legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other professional services are delivered.

  • (g) NONPROFIT ENTITY — Shall mean any corporation, unincorporated association, or other entity created for charitable, philanthropic, educational, character building, political, social, or other similar purposes, the net proceeds from the operations of which are committed to the promotion of the objects or purposes of the organization and not to private financial gain. A public agency is not a nonprofit entity within the means of this section.

  • (h) PUBLIC PLACE — Shall mean any enclosed area, not a private residence, to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to:

    • (1) Banks;

    • (2) Educational facilities;

    • (3) Health facilities;

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City of Oakdale, CA § 14-15

OAKDALE CITY CODE

§ 14-18

  • (4) Public transportation facilities

  • (5) Recreation areas;

  • (6) Restaurants;

  • (7) Retail stores;

  • (8) Retail service establishments;

  • (9) Retail food production, and marketing establishments; and

  • (10) Waiting rooms.

  • (i) RESTAURANT — Shall mean any restaurant, cafeteria, luncheonette, tavern, cocktail lounge, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private and public school cafeteria, dining area, service line, or eating establishment and any other eating establishment, organization, club, including veterans club, boarding house, or guest house, which gives or offers for sale food to the public, guests, patrons, or employees, as well as kitchens in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere including catering functions except that the term "restaurant" shall not include a cocktail lounge or tavern if said cocktail lounge or tavern is a bar as defined in this section.

  • (j) DINING AREA — Shall mean any enclosed area containing a counter or tables upon which meals are served.

  • (k) SERVICE LINE — Shall mean any indoor line at which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind whether or not such service involves the exchange of money.

  • (l) TOBACCO STORE — Shall mean any retail store utilized primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental.

  • (m) BAR — Shall mean any area which is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. Although a restaurant may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant dining area.

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Oakdale Municipal Code
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Article IV — Fees and Charges.
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Article I — In General
  7. Article II — Dogs
  8. Article III
  9. Article IV — Permissible Household Pets, Etc.
  10. Article V — Abatement of Vicious Dogs
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Article I — Administration — General
  14. Article XIII — System Development Charges
  15. Article I
  16. Article II
  17. Article III
  18. Article 300.21 — (a) is added to read as follows:
  19. Article IV
  20. Article V
  21. Article VI — California Energy Code [Ord. No. 1243-16; amended…
  22. Article VII
  23. Article VIII
  24. Article IX
  25. Article X
  26. Article XI
  27. Chapter 8 — Referenced Standards is amended as follows:
  28. Article XII — Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy System Pe…
  29. Article XIII
  30. Article XIV — Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Str…
  31. Chapter 8
  32. Chapter 9
  33. Chapter 10
  34. Chapter 11
  35. Article II — Transactions and use tax.[3 ]
  36. Article III — Transient Occupancy Tax.[5 ]
  37. Article IV — Documentary Stamp Tax.[6 ]
  38. Article V — Financial Plan
  39. Article VI — City Treasurer Investments
  40. Article VII — Cannabis Business Tax [Added 12-10-2018 by Ord. …
  41. Article VIII — Parking and Business Improvement Area [Adopted …
  42. Article X — Crane Crossing Specific Plan - Plan Area Fee Progr…
  43. Chapter 12
  44. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION PERMITS
  45. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  46. Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES FIRE APPARATUS ROADS
  47. Chapter 5
  48. Chapter 5
  49. Chapter 5
  50. Chapter 6
  51. Chapter 6
  52. Chapter 11
  53. Chapter 24 — FLAMABLE FINISHES
  54. Chapter 35
  55. Chapter 41
  56. Chapter 50 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS GENERAL PROVISIONS
  57. Chapter 55
  58. Chapter 56
  59. Chapter 57
  60. Chapter 61
  61. Chapter 13
  62. Chapter 14
  63. Article VI — Disposal of Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances
  64. Article I — Waitresses and Entertainers
  65. Article II — Smoking at Council Meetings
  66. ▸Article III — Smoking Pollution Control
    Overview
    1. § 14-15. Definitions. [Ord. No. 897.]
    2. § 14-16. Regulation of smoking in city facilities. [Ord. No. 8…
    3. § 14-17. Signs. [Ord. No. 897.]
    4. § 14-18. Violations. [Ord. No. 897.]
    5. § 14-20. Posting of signs. [Ord. No. 897.]
    6. § 14-21. Employer's responsibility to provide smoke free areas…
    7. § 14-22. Implementation of policy. [Ord. No. 897.]
    8. § 14-23. Designation of nonsmoking areas. [Ord. No. 897.]
    9. § 14-24. Compliance. [Ord. No. 897.]
    10. § 14-25. Retaliation prohibited. [Ord. No. 897.]
    11. § 14-26. Failure to comply deemed unlawful. [Ord. No. 897.]
    12. § 14-27. Self-certification of compliance. [Ord. No. 897.]
    13. § 14-28. Exceptions. [Ord. No. 897.]
    14. § 14-29. Written application for exemption. [Ord. No. 897.]
    15. § 14-30. Dissatisfaction with decision; procedure. [Ord. No. 8…
    16. § 14-31. Conspicuous posting of signs: removal of smoking mate…
    17. § 14-32. Violations and penalty. [Ord. No. 897.]
    18. § 14-33. Enforcement. [Ord. No. 897.]
    19. § 14-34. Registration of Complaint. [Ord. No. 897.]
    20. § 14-35. Severability. [Ord. No. 897.]
  67. Article V — Waste Containers.
  68. Article VI — Disposal of Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances
  69. Chapter 15
  70. Chapter 16
  71. Chapter 17
  72. Chapter 18
  73. Article II — Abandoned, Wrecked, etc., Vehicles
  74. Article III — Railroad Crossing Permits
  75. Article IV
  76. Article V — Paid Parking Zones and Parking Permits[1 ]
  77. Article VI — Privately Owned and Maintained Roads and Parking …
  78. Article VII — Police Towing Services
  79. Article VIII — Traffic Rules
  80. Article X — Turning Movements
  81. Article XI — One-Way Alleys
  82. Article XII — Right-of-Way
  83. Article XIII — Public Offenses
  84. Article XIV — General Penalty
  85. Chapter 18A
  86. Chapter 19
  87. Article I — Offenses – Miscellaneous
  88. Article II — Graffiti[3 ]
  89. Article III
  90. Article IV — Coasting Devices
  91. Article V — Administrative Citation Process
  92. Article VI — Administrative Remedies
  93. Article VII
  94. Article VIII — Oakdale Massage Establishment Regulations
  95. Article X
  96. Article XI
  97. Article XII
  98. Article XIII
  99. Article XIV — Squatter Camps
  100. Article XV
  101. Article XVI — Noise Control [Added 5-6-2019 by Ord. No. 1263]
  102. Chapter 20
  103. Article III — Parks
  104. Article IV — Special Events
  105. Article V — Senior Citizens Commission
  106. Article VI — Drug Free Zones
  107. Chapter 21
  108. Chapter 22
  109. Article II — Police Relief and Pension Fund
  110. Chapter 23
  111. Chapter 24
  112. Chapter 25 — PURCHASES
  113. Chapter 26
  114. Article II — Collection and Disposal
  115. Article IV — Defacing Public and Private Property
  116. Article V — Legislative Recycling Mandates
  117. Chapter 28
  118. Article I — General Provisions
  119. Article II — Fees and Charges
  120. Article III — Sewer Mains and Sewer Laterals
  121. Article IV — Industrial Users
  122. Article V — Industrial Users' Discharge Permits
  123. Article VI — Enforcement
  124. Chapter 29
  125. Chapter 30
  126. Article II
  127. Article III — Trenching
  128. Article IV — Numbering of Streets
  129. Article V — Maintenance Districts
  130. Chapter 31
  131. Article II — Definitions and Responsibilities
  132. Article IV — Tentative Subdivision Maps
  133. Article V — Final Subdivision Maps
  134. Article VII — Vesting Tentative Maps for Residential Subdivisi…
  135. Article VIII — Dedications. Reservations, and Development Fees
  136. Article XI — Reversions to Acreage
  137. Article XII
  138. Article XIII — Correction and Amendment of Maps.
  139. Article XIV — Enforcement.
  140. Chapter 31A
  141. Chapter 32
  142. Chapter 33
  143. Article II — Disposition of Surplus Property
  144. Article III — Purchase by City Employees of Unclaimed or Surpl…
  145. Chapter 34
  146. Chapter 35
  147. Article II — Mains, Laterals and Hydrants
  148. Article III — Fees and Charges
  149. Article VII — Backflow and Cross-Connection Control
  150. Chapter 36
  151. Part I — General Provisions.
  152. Part II — Specific Plan Preparation Process.
  153. Part I — General Provisions
  154. Chapter 37
  155. Article II
  156. Article III — Regulations for Cannabis Businesses
  157. Article IV — Appeals and Enforcement
  158. Chapter DL

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