The City of Moose Jaw wants your feedback.
At the executive committee meeting on Monday, city council voted in favour of proposed amendments to the current smoking bylaw. The next step will see city administration consult with the public — including business owners — on the proposed changes.
If enacted, the changes would:
- Expand the parameters of “smoke and hold lighted tobacco” in the current Bylaw to include e-cigarettes (vaping), the smoking of cannabis and smoking of hookah pipes;
- Prohibit smoking and vaping on outdoor seating areas of restaurants, bars and similar establishments;
- Prohibit outdoor smoking in all city-owned outdoor public spaces;
- Prohibit smoking and vaping within a 10-metre buffer zone of entrances, windows and air exchanges of public buildings;
- Prohibit vaping in enclosed public places where smoking is prohibited under The Tobacco Control Act;
- Have an exemption consistent with The Tobacco Control Act in relation to outdoor traditional spiritual and cultural ceremonies;
- Have an exemption for teaching and testing devices in a vape retail store
Once completed, administration plans to bring the new bylaw to the second council meeting in April. The bylaw would go into effect in June if approved.
Residents should visit www.MooseJaw.ca and click on the smoking bylaw amendments header on the home page to view the proposed amendments.
Written comments or suggestions will be accepted until Thursday, April 11 at 11:59 p.m. All submissions can be emailed to cclerk@moosejaw.ca or mailed to the city clerk's department at City Hall (228 Main St. North).
