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Cripple Creek claims no resources to enforce law
Jump to full article: Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette, 2008-06-17
Author: ANDREW WINEKE THE GAZETTE
Intro: The Cripple Creek City Council's official position on smoking in casinos?
The Legislature left the door open and it's not the city's responsibility to close it.
That's the gist of a letter the city sent Monday to the 17 casinos in Cripple Creek, three of which are allowing smoking under the cigar bar exemption to the state's smoking ban. The letter, discussed Friday in a closed meeting, was intended to clarify the city's policy allowing casinos to self-certify that they meet the requirements for the exemption.
"The City believes that the spirit and intent of the 2007 amendment to the (Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act) ... was to prohibit smoking in casinos," the letter states. "However, through ambiguous draftsmanship, the General Assembly has left the door open for interpretation of the Cigar-Tobacco Bar exception to at least arguably apply to those casinos that meet the requirements."
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