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- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- In 11-1 Vote, Somerset Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban ordinance, reports Heather Tomlinson of the Commonwealth Journal. (C-J photo) ...
- Corbin City Commission Enacts Smoking Ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at least 25 feet from building entrances. Areas subject to the ban include...
- Race For City Commission Seat Puts An End To Debate Over City's Smoking Ban, Advocate And Opponent Agree
The Bowling Green City Commission candidate who said he wanted to rewrite the city's smoking ban ran last in the five-way race for an unexpired term on the commission Tuesday, and he and a commissioner in the 3-2 majority that enacted the ban said...
- Kenton Co. Smoking Ban Yields 15 Complaints; Citations Next?
There have been 15 complaints to the Northern Kentucky Health Department since Kenton County's smoking ban took effect nearly two weeks ago. Because enforcement does not take effect until next week, no one has been cited yet, Cindy Schroeder of the Kentucky...
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Bowling Green American Legion post tests smoking ban, is fined
An American Legion post in Bowling Green has been fined $25 for violating the city's no-smoking ordinance. The Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board decided unanimously Tuesday to uphold the citation that Post 23 received April 28 after two plainclothed police officers went into the facility during bingo night and found people smoking inside, Justin Story of the Bowling Green Daily News reports.
Officers Tammy Britt and Rebecca Robins testified they bought two sheets of bingo cards and a soda at the facility. They said they were not asked at any point if they were members of the Post. The city's smoking ordinance "defines private organizations as establishments that are exempt from federal income taxes, are not profit-oriented, maintain a selective membership that operates the organization and does not sell food, drinks, entertainment or lodging to anyone who is not a member or a member's guest," Story reports.
More members started to smoke after Jim Manley, the Post's chief finance officer, told the crowd they were free to do so. "He said that if a citation were issued it would be to (the post) and not the individual, and after that more people started smoking," Britt said. The citation indicates the facility violated three provisions of the ordinance: allowing smoking in a building/enclosed area; failure to remove ashtrays; and failure of owner or person in control to ensure compliance.
More members started to smoke after Jim Manley, the Post's chief finance officer, told the crowd they were free to do so. "He said that if a citation were issued it would be to (the post) and not the individual, and after that more people started smoking," Britt said. The citation indicates the facility violated three provisions of the ordinance: allowing smoking in a building/enclosed area; failure to remove ashtrays; and failure of owner or person in control to ensure compliance.
Malcolm Cherry, an officer of Post 23, "said that he wanted it to be cited by allowing smoking during charitable gaming on April 28 in an effort to prove it was exempt," Story reports. "Our whole intention was for the officers to be there and have the citation issue to us personally," Cherry said. City Attorney Gene Harmon argued the post does not meet all the criteria to be considered a private club, in part because it sells bingo cards and refreshments during bingo night. The board agreed. (Read more)
- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- In 11-1 Vote, Somerset Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban ordinance, reports Heather Tomlinson of the Commonwealth Journal. (C-J photo) ...
- Corbin City Commission Enacts Smoking Ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at least 25 feet from building entrances. Areas subject to the ban include...
- Race For City Commission Seat Puts An End To Debate Over City's Smoking Ban, Advocate And Opponent Agree
The Bowling Green City Commission candidate who said he wanted to rewrite the city's smoking ban ran last in the five-way race for an unexpired term on the commission Tuesday, and he and a commissioner in the 3-2 majority that enacted the ban said...
- Kenton Co. Smoking Ban Yields 15 Complaints; Citations Next?
There have been 15 complaints to the Northern Kentucky Health Department since Kenton County's smoking ban took effect nearly two weeks ago. Because enforcement does not take effect until next week, no one has been cited yet, Cindy Schroeder of the Kentucky...