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The City of Vancouver Law Department and the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department on Monday proposed to completely ban smoking any form of tobacco in public parks, trails and recreation centers, citing scientific research on the dangers of second-hand smoke. City staff also recommended prohibiting the possession and use of liquors, except during special events permitted by the city and state.
Also proposed is keeping people out of parks for unruly and disruptive behavior. The draft ordinance includes rules on how long a person can be banned from a public park or recreation facility. This can be as short as seven days or as long as one year, depending on the nature of the misconduct and prior violations of park rules.
Over the next 10 days, city staff will reach out to the community to seek comments about the new rules.
If adopted, the new rules will be implemented in public parks, trails and recreation centers around Clark County. Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department manages nearly 150 parks, 15 trails and four recreation centers.
Public hearings are tentatively scheduled for Nov. 8 and Dec. 5, after which the city council will vote on the ordinance.
Hi, I have worked on vehicles in small garages and have run the engines for check ups etc, but after only a few minutes the gases expelled are enough to make you very sick , possibly even an early death ! if there is no ventilation. On the other hand i could smoke a cigarette in this environment without causing an early death , but this would be enough to annoy and irritate non smokers ,so i would oblige there concerns and go outside for a fag. But when is there going to be a ban on vehicled exhaust fumes on the streets of our cities? , because although i am a big supporter for clean air, there appears to be a world wide opinion that the pollution from tobacco plants is for worse than the polution from oil. How can non smokers stand idly by and breath in the smoke fumes from their very own vehicles when the risk of an early death is far more likely than some person lighting up a fag on a park bench? I do not understand the logic of the people making these statements , oil polution no problem to health, oh yeh! but smoking tobbaco i guess is causing global warming lol lol . I enjoy a cigarette and have done so for the past 40 yrs or more, and all i ask for, is that i can find a quiet secluded spot to enjoy this pleasure without non smokers seeking me out ,sitting close by ` usually upwind !! and then start coughing as if early lung cancer has just set in .Please give us smokers a break. Regards Dave