HomeMy WebLinkAbout99 136 Prohibit Smoking in Davidson Centre and Tiverton & District Sports Centre THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF KINCARDINE- BRUCE - TIVERTON
B - LAW
NO. 1999 136
BEING A BY -LAW TO PROHIBIT SMOKING
IN THE DAVIDSON CENTRE AND
TIVERTON & DISTRICT SPORTS CENTRE
WHEREAS it has been determined that second -hand tobacco smoke (exhaled smoke
and the smoke from idling cigarettes, cigars and pipes) is a health hazard or
discomfort for many inhabitants of the municipality of the Township of Kincardine-
. Bruce - Tiverton;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of
the Township of Kincardine- Bruce - Tiverton to prohibit or regulate by by -law smoking in
facilities provided for recreational uses;
AND WHEREAS Section 102 of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as
amended, authorizes a municipality to enact such a by -law;
AND WHEREAS the Davidson Centre and the Tiverton & District Sports Centre are
facilities provided for area residents' recreational use, in part to encourage a healthy
lifestyle;
AND WHEREAS public congregations are also commonplace at the Davidson Centre;
NOW THEREFORE the Council for The Corporation of the Township of Kincardine -
Bruce- Tiverton EXACTS as follows:
• 1.0 DEFINITIONS
1.1 Davidson Centre - shall mean the buildings commonly known as the
Davidson Centre for Kincardine and District located at 601 Durham
Street, in the former Town of Kincardine in the Township of Kincardine -
Bruce- Tiverton.
1.2 Tiverton & District Sports Centre - shall mean the building commonly
known as the Tiverton & District Sports Centre located in the former
Village of Tiverton in the Township of Kincardine - Bruce - Tiverton
1.3 Common Area - shall mean any indoor area that is open to the public for
the purposes of access to rooms, offices, ticket sales, storage areas,
and recreational areas.
1.4 Smoking - shall mean the production of second -hand smoke and
includes the carrying of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other
lighted smoking or tobacco using device.
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1.5 Designated Smoking Area - shall mean areas where smoking will be
allowed and shall be limited to those rooms normally let by the Recreation
Services Committee for private usage by groups or organizations
(Kincardine Hall, the Sun Room and meeting rooms, and the Arena at the
Davidson Centre and the Tiverton & District Sports Centre under the
authority of a special occasion permit only) and when the person renting
the facility for a non - sporting event requests in writing to the Management
that smoking be permitted.
1.6 Second Hand Smoke - shall mean exhaled smoke and smoke from a
lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other lighted smoking or tobacco using
device.
1.7 Recreational Areas shall include those areas of the Davidson Centre and
Tiverton & District Sports Centre dedicated to recreational sporting
activities or the observance of such activities, such as the arena floor,
change rooms, bleachers and the pool areas.
2.0 PROHIBITIONS
2.1 Smoking is prohibited in all common areas, offices, ticket sales, storage
facilities and recreational areas of the Davidson Centre and Tiverton &
District Sports Centre and all recreational areas of the Davidson Centre
and Tiverton & District Sports Centre shall be kept free of second -hand
smoke.
2.2 Smoking is prohibited in rooms normally let by the Recreation Services
Committee unless a designation otherwise is requested in writing by the
renting party(ies).
3.0 DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS
3.1 Rooms rented by individuals or groups and for which a fee has been paid
to the municipality may be designated by request in writing, as a smoking
• area by the renters of the room. Dressing Rooms shall be exempted from
this provision.
3.2 Rented recreational areas may not be designated as smoking areas with
the exception of the arena and in that case this shall be at the discretion
of the renter and only under the authority of a special occasion permit.
Dressing Rooms shall not be designated as smoking areas.
3.3 An employee smoking area shall be designated by the Recreation
Services Committee in consultation with management. This area shall not
be generally accessible to the public and shall contain the necessary
ventilation for such a purpose.
4.0 SIGNS
4.1 All "No Smoking" signs required under this by -law shall bear the
internationally recognized "No Smoking" symbol and bear the words
"Thank You For Not Smoking ".
• 4.2 All signs designating a smoking area shall bear the internationally
recognized "Smoking Permitted" symbol.
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5.0 ENFORCEMENT
5.1 This by -law may be enforced by the Facilities Manager Davidson Centre
and Arena Manager Tiverton & District Sports Centre or an appointed
designate or by any officer of the Ontario Provincial Police contracted
by
the Township of Kincardine - Bruce - Tiverton.
6.0 SUNDRY
6.1 Every person who contravenes any provisions of this by -law is guilty of
an offence and is subject to the penalties as prescribed in the Provincial
Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.33.
6.2 The former Town of Kincardine By -law No. 1996 -21 be hereby repealed.
4110 6.3 This by -law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
6.4 This by -law may be cited as the "Prohibit Smoking in Municipal
Recreational Sports Facilities, By- Law ".
READ a FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD time and DEEMED TO BE PASSED
27 day of October, 1999.
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