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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B13-84. Exceptions.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B13-84. Exceptions.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the following areas shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions of this chapter, unless smoking or the use of combustible materials is otherwise regulated by any other provision of law or regulation.

(1) Private residences, except when used as a child care facility, health care facility, or community care facility.

(2) Hotel rooms rented to guests, except meeting and banquet facilities.

(3) Retail stores that deal exclusively in the sale of tobacco and smoking paraphernalia. (Insignificant sales of nontobacco items shall not disqualify a retail store under this provision.)

(4) An enclosed place of employment that is not accessible to the public, which employs only the owner and no other employee, provided that the enclosed place of employment does not share a ventilation system with any other enclosed place of employment or public place.

(5) Any portion of a place of employment which is not enclosed.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any owner, operator, manager or other person who controls any property may prohibit smoking within the entire property or a portion of the property.

(Ord. No. NS-625.4, § 2, 1-4-94)

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