The City Council of Glendale is set to review a number of options to restrict smoking in apartment buildings — from banning it altogether, to sectioning off units where residents can light up, reports Glendale News Press.
Restricting smoking in multi-family dwellings has been done before in other California cities, but it’s also been met with some opposition among citizens.
In Pasadena the law for restriction on smoking in the apartments will be set next year, in Santa Monica the law was accepted last month.
Glendale already prohibits smoking in common areas of multi-family buildings, on a private balcony and within a 20-foot radius outside an apartment window, but it does not prevent tenants from smoking inside their units, writes the newspaper.
Several council members said they’ve received a slew of complaints from people upset by their neighbor’s cigarette smoke wafting into their apartment units through vents or windows.
Councilman Ara Najarian said he had first-hand experience with the issue.
The council could loosen the rules or keep the status quo, as it did last year when the issue was reviewed.
A great number of Armenians live and work in Glendale.
