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Jump to full article: Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, NY), 2010-01-26
Author: CHRIS KNIGHT, Enterprise Senior Staff Writer
Intro: SARANAC LAKE - The village of Board of Trustees has scheduled a public hearing on a local law that would ban smoking and chewing tobacco in village parks.
The proposal bans the use of any tobacco product - including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, snuff and any form of smokeless tobacco - in village parks, beaches and playgrounds. The law also prohibits the use of tobacco products within 25 feet of the entrance to a public playground or beach, and at any events held in public parks or areas in the village.
The public hearing is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in the village offices.
The idea of banning smoking in village parks surfaced in August, when Trustee Jeff Branch said he had received complaints about people smoking in the William Morris Play Park and other public areas.
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