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Jump to full article: Grass Valey (CA) Union, 2010-01-28
Author: Michelle Rindels Staff Writer
Intro: Nevada City council members snuffed out the option of lighting up at last night's meeting, voting 4-1 on an ordinance to ban smoking in parks and outdoor public places.
Those public places include trails and other city-owned property, such as the old Nevada City airport, and exclude sidewalks and streets. Fines are not to exceed $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation in the same year, and $500 for additional violations in the same year.
Councilwoman Barbara Coffman was the lone dissenting vote on the issue, which has been winding its way through council channels for several years.
Coffman said she opposed the ordinance “because there is no designated area where people can go to smoke, rather than going into a neighborhood.”
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