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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF RAINY RIVER
BY-LAW 1543-11
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Being a by-law to prohibit smoking in buildings and vehicles under
the jurisdiction of the Town of Rainy River, the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O.
2001, c. 25, section 115, (the Act), Smoking in the Workplace Act, R.S.O.
1190, c.S. 13, section 11.)
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NOW THEREFORE the Council for the Corporation of the Town of Rainy River HEREBY
ENACTS as follows:
1. THAT Town of Rainy River By-Law 1411-02 is hereby repealed.
2. DEFINITIONS
In this by-law:
2.1
"person" shall include a natural person, a body corporate, an association,
organization, group, team, or business.
2.2
"public entrance" shall include, in addition to the entrance opening itself
including the threshold and doorframe, any area covered by a canopy through
which persons must pass when entering the building.
2.3
"smoke and smoking of tobacco products or similar substances" shall include
the holding of lighted tobacco products or similar substances.
3. SMOKING PROHIBITED
3.1
No person shall smoke or permit the smoking of tobacco products or similar
substances while in municipal buildings or vehicles owned or leased by the
Corporation of the Town of Rainy River.
3.2
The provisions of subsection 2.1 are extended to apply at the Rainy River
Community and Recreation Centre in addition to the building, to all that area
with a radius of 9 metres measured from a point at the outside edge of the
main public entrance and all that area within a radius of 9 metres measured
from any point of the outside edge of all other public entrances.
4. OFFENCE
4.1
Every person who contravenes the provisions of this by-law is guilty of an
offence and on conviction may be subject to a fine of not more than three
hundred dollars ($300.00) exclusive of costs.
5. BY-LAW NOT TO APPLY
5.1
The provisions of this by-law do not apply to a highway as "highway" is
defined in section 26 of the Municipal Act, 2001.
6. ENFORCEMENT
6.1
The provisions of this by-law are enforceable under the Provincial Offences
Act as amended from time to time. Enforcement of this by-law shall be done
by the Town of Rainy River By-law Enforcement Officers, the Ontario
Provincial Police, and other Provincial Offences Officers with authority under
the Provincial Offences Act including the Smoke Free Ontario Act.
This by-law shall come into force and take effect on February 22, 2011.
READ the first time in open Council this 22nd day of February 2011.
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Mayor
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Chief Administrative Officer
READ the second time in open Council this 22nd day of February 2011.
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Mayor
_____________________________________
Chief Administrative Officer
READ the third time and finally passed in open Council this 22nd day of February 2011.
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Mayor
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Chief Administrative Officer
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