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Jump to full article: Hillsboro (OR) Argus, 2009-10-23
Author: Susan Gordanier The Hillsboro Argus
Intro: No butts about it, smokers will soon have to restrain their habit when visiting Hillsboro's parks.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve, on second reading, an ordinance to ban smoking and the use of any tobacco products within all city parks and recreational facilities. The new amendments to the Municipal Code apply not just to city-owned greenspaces and playgrounds, but also to all buildings, parking lots, playing fields, bleachers or other structures associated with the parks.
The ordinance takes effect Nov. 20 - 30 days after its passage and signing by Mayor Jerry Willey. Hillsboro will then join six other Oregon cities with similar complete bans on tobacco use on park property: Ashland, Bend, Corvallis, Newport, Sherwood and Grants Pass, according to the staff report provided by Parks and Recreation Management Analyst Ken Pipher. Nationwide, Pipher found almost 425 jurisdictions with similar bans. These include 97 in California and six in Washington state.
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