Required lease terms for all units in rental complexes.
Riverside Municipal Code § 6.27.060
in effect6.27.060 - Required lease terms for all units in rental complexes.
A. Prior to the effective date of a new lease, or of an amendment that extends the term, a landlord shall provide each tenant and prospective tenant in a rental complex with:
1. A written notice clearly stating that as of July 28, 2022, smoking is prohibited in the rental complex, including but not limited to within the unit and all common areas; and
2. A copy of this chapter.
B. Every lease or other rental agreement for the occupancy of a unit in a rental complex entered into, renewed, or continued month-to-month after July 28, 2022, shall include, or be amended to include, the following provisions:
1. A clause providing that as of July 28, 2022, or an earlier date if the landlord so determines, it is a material breach of the lease or other rental agreement to allow or engage in smoking in the unit. Such clause shall be substantially consistent with the following: "It is a material breach of this agreement for tenant or any other person subject to the control of the tenant or present by invitation or permission of the tenant to engage in smoking in the unit.
2. A clause providing that it is a material breach of the lease or other rental agreement for tenant or any other person subject to the control of the tenant or present by invitation or permission of the tenant to engage in smoking in any common area of the property. Such clause shall be substantially consistent with the following: "It is a material breach of this agreement for tenant or any other person subject to the control of the tenant or present by invitation or permission of the tenant to engage in smoking in any common area of the property."
3. A clause providing that it is a material breach of the lease or other rental agreement for tenant or any other person subject to the control of the tenant or present by invitation or permission of the tenant to violate any law regulating smoking while anywhere on the property. Such clause shall be substantially consistent with the following: "It is a material breach of this agreement for tenant or any other person subject to the control of the tenant or present by invitation or permission of the tenant to violate any law regulating smoking while anywhere on the property."
C. This chapter shall not create additional liability in a landlord to any person for a tenant's breach of any smoking provision in a lease or other rental agreement for the occupancy of a unit in a rental complex if the landlord has fully complied with this section.
D. Failure to enforce any smoking provision required by this chapter shall not affect the right to enforce such provision in the future, nor shall a waiver of any breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or a waiver of the provision itself.
E. A unit designated non-smoking by action of the landlord or by the force of this chapter shall not be subject to the smoking restrictions while the legal tenant(s) in occupancy on the effective date of this chapter continuously lease(s) the unit.
(Ord. 7589 § 1(Exh. A), 2022)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT6HESA_CH6.27SMREMUITRE_6.27.060RELETEALUNRECOFetched: 11/1/2026