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• Waco City Council tightens smoking ordinance, removes alley trash bins 

A sharply divided Waco City Council on Tuesday voted to tighten city smoking ordinances after hitting a 3-3 deadlock on a more comprehensive smoking ban.

The council also approved a resolution Tuesday that will remove Dumpster-style bins from alleys and provide those customers with curbside trash collection.

The new smoking ordinance eliminates several exemptions in the current smoking ordinance but preserves exemptions for existing bars as well as restaurants with sealed-off smoking sections. Mayor Virginia DuPuy said she thinks a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance eventually will pass and ban smoking even in those places.

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