Jamestown officials plan to update the city’s smoking ordinance to specifically include prohibitions on cannabis smoking in city parks.
The city’s current smoking ordinance on city-owned property prohibits use of tobacco products on sporting fields, the city Riverwalk, swimming pools, playgrounds, picnic facilities, parking lots and lawn areas. Section 193-16 of the city code also states smoking or using tobacco products only includes burning a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe, or using other substances with tobacco. It does include electronic cigarettes, vapor devices and chewing tobacco. The current ordinance also includes any city buildings and parking facilities.
Council members could vote on the proposal as early as this month.
“I think pretty much the only difference is you can see where cannabis is added and some other verbiage at the request of corporation counsel to try to eliminate future changes,” said Mayor Kim Ecklund during Monday’s council work session. “(It states) either combustible or electronic in the future. That will leave us open to cover those things going forward. There aren’t many other changes other than that.”
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