Berkeley Smoking Ban Applies to Apartment Buildings

Smoking is banned in your Berkeley apartment beginning May 2014.

Apartment rentals in Berkeley will come with something extra in the lease come next May.

No smoking -- and that's the law.

A ban on cigarette use in multi-family housing goes into effect in the famously liberal city next May -- and there's a system in place to punish smoking scofflaws, according to KQED.

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A smoker will need to be identified by nearby residents, the radio station reported.

After one written complaint, the city sends a warning letter to the smoker. If there are two more complaints, then the city issues a ticket, the news source reported.

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