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Jump to full article: WNDU NBC 16 (South Bend, IN), 2010-03-20
Intro: Police visited 27 bars and restaurants and issued 19 citations.
Both people and businesses were cited, but the word on the streets is when those citations are issued, people are simply shrugging their shoulders.
If you light up inside or less than 50 feet away from an entrance of an Elkhart restaurant or bar, you're in violation of the Clean Air Ordinance.
Mick Slater says, “To me, as I said, this is a farcical law.”
One of six businesses cited Thursday night was Hunters Place, where the topic of conversation was another local bar owner who's already been to court.
Slater says, “The judge allegedly looked at the charges and said this is unenforceable and threw it out. If the judge threw this case out it could set a precedent where by other cases can be dismissed. So, that's taxpayer dollars at work.”
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