A.    This chapter, and those provisions of state law which provide for complete one hundred (100) percent smoking prohibition in enclosed places of employment under Section 6404.5 of the California Labor Code, shall be enforced by the county health officer or appropriate designee.

    B.    Notice of the provisions set forth in this chapter shall be given to all applicants for a business license in the unincorporated areas of Alameda County.

    C.    Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this chapter may initiate enforcement with the County Department of Health or appropriate designee.

    D.    The health department shall require, while an establishment is undergoing otherwise mandated inspections, a “self-certification” from the owner, manager, operator, or other person having control of such establishment that all requirements of this chapter have been complied with. Citations shall be issued by the Alameda County sheriff’ s department at the direction of the health officer.

    E.    Any owner, manager, operator or employee of any establishment regulated by this chapter may inform persons violating this chapter of the appropriate provisions thereof.

    F.    The department of health shall file a complaint with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Industrial Relations against any employer who has been found guilty of a third violation within twelve (12) months of the smoking restrictions in Section 6404.5 of the California Labor Code.

    G.    Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private citizen may bring legal action to enforce this chapter. (Ord. 98-6 § 1 (part))