City Council

20. WAIVE SECOND READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 2485, AMENDING CHAPTER 8.32 OF THE MONTEBELLO MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXPAND THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING TO INCLUDE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SPACES AND OUTDOOR AREAS RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Waive Second Reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2485, amending Chapter 8.32, entitled Smoking, of the Montebello Municipal Code (“MMC”), to expand the prohibition of smoking to include places of employment, public spaces and outdoor areas, in order to protect public health and the environment; and 2. Determine and Find that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to the “Common Sense” exemption set forth under Section 15061(b)(3), which provides that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, considering that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that amending chapter 8.32 of the MMC will have a significant effect on the environment; and 3. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.