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Draft Objectives for Housing Element Consider amending and updating the Air Pollution Nuisance ordinance, Chapter 16.04 of the Alpine County Ordinance Code, to include involuntary exposure to second hand smoke in housing. Encourage new multi-unit housing developments to include smoke-free policies to limit residents' exposure to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. Encourage landlords who prohibit smoking on parts of their property to create designated smoking areas for tenants who smoke that are a specific distance away from all entrances, doorways, or operable windows of a building. Consider requiring landlords to provide all tenants with a comprehensive description of where smoking is/is not allowed on property 16.04.340 Nuisance—Health and Safety Code Section 24243. No person shall discharge from any non-vehicular source whatsoever, such quantities of air contaminants or other material which cause injury, detriment, nuisance or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public or which endanger the comfort, repose, health or safety of any such persons or the public or which cause or have a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business or property. (Ord. 325 Rule 4.2, 1972)