Bylaw 814-2018 Smoke Free Public Places — full text

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## THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF FOX CREEK, ALBERTA ## BYLAW NO. 814-2018 ## A BYLAW ON SMOKE FREE PUBLIC PLACES THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FOX CREEK, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, DULY ASSEMBLED, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Definitions - a) Athletic Field means any field and/or land of natural and/or man-made composition that is used for athletic purposes to conduct organized or unorganized sporting activities which includes but is not limited to a baseball field, soccer pitch, player or spectator bench anc lawn bowling field. A golf course shall not be included as any athletic field - b) Cannabis means any product composed in whole or part of cannabis as defined by the Cannabis Act (Canada). - c) Town means the Town of Fox Creek - d) Consume where used as a verb is respect of cannabis, includes smoke, vape, apply, inhale or ingest. - e) Council means the Municipal Council of the Town of Fox Creek. - f) Electronic Cigarette means a vaporizer or inhalant-type device, whether called an electronic cigarette or any other name, that contains a power source and hearing element designed to heat a substance and produce a vapor intended to be inhaled by the user of the device directly through the mouth, whether or not the vapor contains nicotine, or any component of such a device. - g) Minor means a person who is under 18 years of age. - h) Peace Officer means a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointment by the Town of Fox Creek, a Peace officer, or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. - i) Playground Equipment means any kind of structure or apparatus which is customarily found in a park-like setting and which a person may engage in play-like activities such as climbing, swinging, hanging, crawling, jumping, stepping, whether over, across, under, through or upon for enjoyment, exercise and/or as part of relating to others of any age. Without restricting the generality thereof, playground equipment includes, swings, slides, climbing apparatus, and municipally-owned swimming pools, outdoor water parks, and outdoor skating surfaces. Playground equipment does not include facilities for walking and biking trails, park fences, trees, picnic table, bridge or gazebo. - i) Recreation Facility means the Fox Creek Greenview Multiplex, Derald Palmer Arena, Fox Creek Curling Club, Fox Creek Community Hall and Fox Creek School. - k) Residence means a place used by a person as a permanent private dwelling or a temporary residence, including any structure or land adjacent to the private dwelling or temporary residence that is used for the convenience or enjoyment of the occupants of the dwelling. - a. Smoke means to smoke, hold or otherwise have control over a lit Tobacco Product or use of an Electronic Cigarette. - b. Temporary Resident means: 15. A place that is used by a traveler in respect of which the traveler pays a * in at el up in an are who remin cani an, permitted, and - iii. A motor home or other vehicle that is parked in an area that is not a highway or road and where overnight camping is legally permitted. - 1) Tobacco Product means a product composed in whole or in part of tobacco, including tobacco leaves and any extract of tobacco leaves, but does not include any product for use in nicotine replacement therapy. - m) Use with respect to Electronic Cigarettes means to inhale or exhale vapor from an Electronic Cigarette or hold an activated Electronic Cigarette. - n) Violation Ticket has the same meaning and the Provincial Offenses Procedures Act, RDS 2000, Chapter P-34, as amended or repealed and replaced from time to time. 2. (a) No person shall consume cannabis and/or tobacco product: - i. In any area or place where that person is prohibited from smoking under the tobacco and Smoking Reduction act or any other Act or Bylaws of the Town. - ii. Within a 30 meter radius of: - a. A Recreation Facility; - b. A Public Park; - c. Any Town owned public facility; - d. An outdoor 'special event, unless in a defined area specifically identified by the event organizer as a designated consumption area; - f. The front entrance to a commercial building; - e. Where children are playing or congregating; or - g. Consumption of recreation cannabis is prohibited in any form (smoking, vaping, and edibles) in Fox Creek Public Places. - ili. Where smoking is prohibited by a public sign; and 15. In a manner and/or proximity, that is adversely affecting another person. 16. (b) Nothing in this Bylaw shall prohibit a person from consuming cannabis at a residence.    This Bylaw shall take effect on the date it is passed. FIRST READING of Bylaw No. 814-2018 this 22 day or October, 2018 SECOND READING of Bylaw No. 814-2018 this 22 day or October, 2018 THIRD AND FINAL READING of Bylaw No. 814-2018 this 22 day of Octuber, 2018 Jim Hailes, Mayoı Bombeau Na Bove beau, Acting CAO